Cancers, Vol. 16, Pages 1527: Perioperative Evaluation of the Physical Quality of Life of Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective Study

Cancers, Vol. 16, Pages 1527: Perioperative Evaluation of the Physical Quality of Life of Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective Study Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers16081527 Authors: Ryuta Fukai Tomoki Nishida Hideyasu Sugimoto Makoto Hibino Shigeto Horiuchi Tetsuri Kondo Shinichi Teshima Masahiro Hirata Keiko Asou Etsuko Shimizu Yuichi Saito Yukinori Sakao Surgery is the most effective treatment for early-stage lung cancer; however, it poses a higher physical burden than other treatment options. Therefore, understanding the perioperative course of patients is important. Using the Short Form Health Survey 36, we prospectively measured the physical quality of life of patients who underwent anatomical pulmonary resection for non-small cell lung cancer at Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan (n = 87). In the preoperative setting, patients who had lower performance status and lived alone had significantly worse physical quality of life scores on multivariate analysis (regression coefficient (95% confidence interval), −9.37 (−13.43–−5.32) and −10.22 (−13.74–−7.40), respectively, p < 0.0001 for both). At 6 months postoperatively, patients who stopped smoking within 1 year preoperatively (stopped smoking within 1 year vs. remote or never smokers, 41.0 ± 10.5 vs. 48.6 ± 7.2, p...
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