Association between smoking status and brain metastasis intervals and the prognosis of brain metastasis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Xiaofang Zhang,
Weilin Zeng,
Xingyu Yan
et al.
Abstract:Objective
This study aimed to explore the association between smoking status and brain metastasis intervals in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and its impact on the survival time of patients with brain metastasis.
Methods
Data were collected from patients with NSCLC with brain metastases who were treated at our centre between January 2005 and December 2017. Clinical indices such as clinicopathological features and smoking status were collected, and patients were followed up (cut-off: 1 Sep… Show more
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