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Preoperative Total Serum Cholesterol and Patients' Survival in Resected Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer
Joint Authors
Tomita, Masaki
Shimizu, Tetsuya
Nakamura, Kunihide
Ayabe, Takanori
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-12-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The association between hypocholesterolemia and lung cancer risk has been confirmed in some studies.
The purpose of the study was to determine whether preoperative hypocholesterolemia (below normal range) is a prognostic factor for survival after nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) resection.
Two hundred and sixty-two consecutive cases of resected NSCLC with a followup period for more than 5 years were reviewed retrospectively.
In our results, there were only 13/262 patients having hypocholesterolemia.
A significant association was observed between preoperative hypocholesterolemia and patients' survival.
However, we failed to find the prognostic significance of preoperative hypocholesterolemia by univariate analysis.
No statistical differences were also found by the comparison between 5-year survivors and the others.
Our data indicates a trend toward an association between preoperative hypocholesterolemia and poorer survival in NSCLC; however, it did not reach statistical significance.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tomita, Masaki& Ayabe, Takanori& Shimizu, Tetsuya& Nakamura, Kunihide. 2012. Preoperative Total Serum Cholesterol and Patients' Survival in Resected Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer. Lung Cancer International،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tomita, Masaki…[et al.]. Preoperative Total Serum Cholesterol and Patients' Survival in Resected Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer. Lung Cancer International No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Tomita, Masaki& Ayabe, Takanori& Shimizu, Tetsuya& Nakamura, Kunihide. Preoperative Total Serum Cholesterol and Patients' Survival in Resected Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer. Lung Cancer International. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-473567
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-473567