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Female patients with small cell lung cancer have better survival than males with extensive but not limited disease

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Tas F., Ozturk A.

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Introduction: Several previous studies have explored whether sex has prognostic significance in patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC). In this retrospective study, we aimed to show the clinical significance of sex in SCLC patients. Methods: A total of 378 SCLC patients were assessed retrospectively. Results: Sixty-one (16.1%) patients were women;26 of 131 (19.9%) patients had limited disease (LD-SCLC);and 14.2% of patients (35 of 247 patients) had extended disease (ED-SCLC). In all SCLC patients, regardless of stage, female patients were more likely to be nonsmokers (7.7 vs. 1%, p = 0.04 for LD-SCLC;and 11.4 vs. 1.4%, p = 0.001 for ED-SCLC) and more often to be anemic (26.9 vs. 11.4%, p = 0.04 for LD-SCLC;and 45.7 vs. 28%, p = 0.03 for ED-SCLC). While women with LD-SCLC were diagnosed younger (<60) than men (65.4 vs. 37.1%, p = 0.009), they had larger (>5 cm) tumors (69.2 vs. 42.9%, p = 0.01). Moreover, obesity (77.1 vs. 56.4%, p = 0.02) and less weight loss (88.6 vs. 73.6%, p = 0.04) were more common in women with ED-SCLC than in men. However, there were no associations between sex and significant prognostic factors, such as performance status, metastasis site, serum LDH level, response to chemotherapy, and disease recurrence. Outcomes in LD-SCLC patients were found to be similar between sexes;median overall survivals in women compared to men was 18 versus 15 months, respectively (p = 0.8). On the other hand, female patients with ED-SCLC had better survivals;median survivals for women versus men were 10 versus 7 months, respectively (p = 0.008). This significance for female ED-SCLC patients was also maintained in the multivariate analysis (p = 0.001). Conclusion: While the survival rates of female patients, who constitute a small proportion of SCLC patients, are no different from men in LD-SCLC, they are better in ED-SCLC.

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S. Karger AG

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Oncology

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Oncology Research and Treatment

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10.1159/000540244

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