EP-1375: Pre-radiotherapy quality of live assessment predicts survival in lung cancer patients

Pre-radiotherapy FDG PET predicts radiation pneumonitis in lung cancer

BACKGROUND A retrospective analysis is performed to determine if pre-treatment [18 F]-2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) image derived parameters can predict radiation pneumonitis (RP) clinical symptoms in lung cancer patients. METHODS AND MATERIALS We retrospectively studied 100 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who underwent FDG P...

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Quality of life predicts survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

BACKGROUND Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have a poor prognosis. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship of EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-LC13 and survival in patients with NSCLC undergoing different treatments. METHODS Investigators conducted a health-related quality of life (HRQOL) survey of 488 patients with NSCLC: 162 patients undergoing surgery, 312 patients...

Survival and Prognostic Factors in Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients in Turkey

Background: Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a highly aggressive tumor. Objective: To evaluate the survival and time to progression of patients with SCLC admitted to a chest disease center in Istanbul, Turkey. Methods: Based on the reports of a pulmonary oncology clinic, data regarding performance status (PS), clinical stage of disease, treatment, time to progression and survival of 67 patients...

Prognostic factors of survival of patients with oesophageal cancer under radiotherapy using cox regression model

oesophageal cancer is one of the most fatal cancer in human in spite of high incidence in the north of Iran and poor prognosis,there is not information regarding prognostic factors in this area.this study was conducted to determine prognodtic factors of the survival of patients with oesophageal cancer under radiotherapy.We conducted a descriptive-analytical study using historical cohort that ha...