Second primary tumours in more than 2-year disease-free survivors of small-cell lung cancer in Japan: the role of smoking cessation

M Kawahara; S Ushijima; T Kamimori; N Kodama; M Ogawara; K Matsui; N Masuda; M Takada; T Sobue; K Furuse

doi:10.1038/bjc.1998.507

Second primary tumours in more than 2-year disease-free survivors of small-cell lung cancer in Japan: the role of smoking cessation

Br J Cancer. 1998 Aug;78(3):409-12. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1998.507.

Authors

M Kawahara¹, S Ushijima, T Kamimori, N Kodama, M Ogawara, K Matsui, N Masuda, M Takada, T Sobue, K Furuse

Affiliation

¹ National Kinki Central Hospital for Chest Diseases, Sakai, Osaka, Japan.

Abstract

Patients with small-cell lung cancer who survive more than 2 years have a significantly increased risk (relative risk of 3.6) of developing a second primary tumour. The cessation of cigarette smoking after successful therapy is associated with a significantly decreased risk of a second primary tumour.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Small Cell / epidemiology*
Disease-Free Survival
Female
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms, Second Primary / epidemiology*
Risk
Smoking Cessation