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ArticleCancers2023

Survival Differences by Comorbidity Burden among Patients with Stage I/II Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer after Thoracoscopic Resection.

Meghann Wheeler, Shama D Karanth, Hiren J Mehta, Danting Yang, Livingstone Aduse-Poku, Caretia Washington, Young-Rock Hong, Dongyu Zhang, Michael K Gould, Dejana Braithwaite

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Article in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Meghann WheelerDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, Gainesville, FL 32603, USA.
Shama D KaranthUniversity of Florida Health Cancer Center, Gainesville, FL 32603, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5371-6908
Hiren J MehtaDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32603, USA.
Danting YangDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, Gainesville, FL 32603, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0097-8581
Livingstone Aduse-PokuDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, Gainesville, FL 32603, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9787-1731
Caretia WashingtonDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, Gainesville, FL 32603, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1205-5848
Young-Rock HongDepartment of Health Services Research, Management & Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32603, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0366-5687
Dongyu ZhangMedical Device Epidemiology and Real-World Data Science, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ 08933, USA.
Michael K GouldDepartment of Health Systems Science, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA 91107, USA.
Dejana BraithwaiteDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, Gainesville, FL 32603, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8376-5903

Funding

Personalized screening for lung cancer: the importance of co-existing chronic conditions to clinical practice and policyR01CA249506 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI BRAITHWAITE, DEJANA K, GOULD, MICHAEL K · 2020 to 2025
$3.3M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA249506NCI NIH HHS R01-CA249506
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We sought to compare overall survival (OS) by comorbidity burden among patients with stage I/II non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received thoracoscopic resection. Utilizing data from the National Cancer Database, we conducted a survival analysis among patients aged 50+ with stage I/II NSCLC who received thoracoscopic resection between 2010 and 2017. The comorbidity burden was measured by the Charlson comorbidity index (CCI, 0, 1, 2+). Multivariable Cox proportional hazard models were used to compare overall survival relative to the CCI (CCI of 0 as the referent). Subgroup analyses were conducted considering sex, age groups, days from diagnosis to surgery, facility type, laterality, and type of surgery. For this study, 61,760 patients were included, with a mean age of 69.1 years (SD: 8.5). Notably, 51.2% had a CCI of 0, 31.8% had a CCI of 1, and 17.0% had a CCI of 2+. Most participants were non-Hispanic White (87.5%), and 56.9% were female. We found that an increase in the CCI was associated with a higher risk of all-cause mortality (CCI 1 vs. 0 aHR: 1.24, 95% CI: 1.20-1.28; CCI 2+ vs. 0 aHR: 1.51, 95% CI: 1.45-1.57; p-trend < 0.01). Our subgroup analysis according to sex suggested that the association between CCI and risk of death was stronger in women.

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PMCPMC10093192

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