The aim of this study is to evaluate characteristics in lung cancer patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Among 966 lung cancer patients admitted to our division over a period of 24 years, 73 patients were diagnosed as having COPD. There were 68 (93.2%) men and 5 women; of the tumors 43 (58.9%) were squamous cell carcinomas. Although 41 (56.2%) patients had stage IA-IIIA, only 11 (15.1%) had surgery. Coexistence of COPD was proved to be a prognostic factor (p=0.0451). Adequate palliative care to provide quality survival would be the primary goal of therapy for lung cancer patients with COPD.
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Manchester Metropolitan Univ, Dept Hlth Profess, Res Inst Hlth & Social Change, Manchester M13 0JA, Lancs, EnglandManchester Metropolitan Univ, Dept Hlth Profess, Res Inst Hlth & Social Change, Manchester M13 0JA, Lancs, England
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Sungkyunkwan Univ, Samsung Med Ctr, Dept Med, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med,Sch Med, Seoul, South KoreaSungkyunkwan Univ, Samsung Med Ctr, Dept Med, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med,Sch Med, Seoul, South Korea
Park, Hye Yun
Kang, Danbee
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Sungkyunkwan Univ, Samsung Adv Inst Hlth Sci & Technol, Dept Clin Res Design & Evaluat, 81 Irwon Ro, Seoul 06351, South KoreaSungkyunkwan Univ, Samsung Med Ctr, Dept Med, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med,Sch Med, Seoul, South Korea
Kang, Danbee
Shin, Sun Hye
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Sungkyunkwan Univ, Samsung Med Ctr, Dept Med, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med,Sch Med, Seoul, South KoreaSungkyunkwan Univ, Samsung Med Ctr, Dept Med, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med,Sch Med, Seoul, South Korea
Shin, Sun Hye
Choi, Hayoung
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Hallym Univ, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hosp, Dept Internal Med, Div Pulm Allergy & Crit Care Med, Seoul, South Korea
Hallym Univ, Coll Med, Seoul, South KoreaSungkyunkwan Univ, Samsung Med Ctr, Dept Med, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med,Sch Med, Seoul, South Korea
Choi, Hayoung
Jang, Seung Hun
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Hallym Univ, Div Pulm Allergy & Crit Care Med, Sacred Heart Hosp, Anyang, South Korea
Hallym Univ, Coll Med, Anyang, South KoreaSungkyunkwan Univ, Samsung Med Ctr, Dept Med, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med,Sch Med, Seoul, South Korea
Jang, Seung Hun
Lee, Chang-Hoon
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Seoul Natl Univ Hosp, Dept Internal Med, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med, Seoul, South KoreaSungkyunkwan Univ, Samsung Med Ctr, Dept Med, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med,Sch Med, Seoul, South Korea
Lee, Chang-Hoon
Kim, Hojoong
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Sungkyunkwan Univ, Samsung Med Ctr, Dept Med, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med,Sch Med, Seoul, South KoreaSungkyunkwan Univ, Samsung Med Ctr, Dept Med, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med,Sch Med, Seoul, South Korea
Kim, Hojoong
Kwon, O. Jung
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Sungkyunkwan Univ, Samsung Med Ctr, Dept Med, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med,Sch Med, Seoul, South KoreaSungkyunkwan Univ, Samsung Med Ctr, Dept Med, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med,Sch Med, Seoul, South Korea
Kwon, O. Jung
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Rhee, Chin Kook
Cho, Juhee
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Samsung Med Ctr, Ctr Clin Epidemiol, Seoul, South Korea
Sungkyunkwan Univ, Samsung Adv Inst Hlth Sci & Technol, Dept Clin Res Design & Evaluat, 81 Irwon Ro, Seoul 06351, South Korea
Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Epidemiol, Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Baltimore, MD USASungkyunkwan Univ, Samsung Med Ctr, Dept Med, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med,Sch Med, Seoul, South Korea