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3.15.4 Cancer treatment
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Relevant news and research: Cancer treatment

Cheng, H. G., Hong, S., Palesh, O., Winn, R. A., Martins, R. and Tossas, K. Y. (2025). Multiple primary cancer incidence by county-level smoking prevalence among U.S. cancer survivors. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41217827


Hayat, F., Chiu, S., Stuart, A., Lee, B., Gibbs, P., Johns, J., Thomson, B., Wong, R., Lee, M., Nikfarjam, M., Shapiro, J., McLachlan, S. A., Chee, C. E., Zielinski, R., Tai, D., Pattison, S., Caird, S., Wong, Z. W., Cooray, P., Underhill, C., Roy, A., Nagrial, A., Goldstein, D., Paul, C. and Day, F. (2025). Effects of current smoking on treatment outcomes in metastatic and locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study using the international PURPLE pancreas cancer registry. J Gastrointest Oncol, 5, 2377-2387. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41220771


Evans, W. K., Evison, M., Sheikh, M., Eng, L., Ayo-Yusuf, O., Shankar, A., Fathi, J. T., International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Tobacco, C. and Smoking Cessation, C. (2025). Cancer clinical trials should capture tobacco smoking status. Lancet Oncol, 8, 990-993. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40744029


Kalhoro, S., Fatima, S. and Kumar, S. P. (2025). Enhanced chemotherapy response in never smokers with small cell lung cancer than smokers. Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul). Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40803580


Yang, K. (2025). Impact of smoking on the effectiveness of different non-small-cell lung cancer therapies. Transl Cancer Res, 7, 4461-4473. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40792148


Yang, L., Wang, H., Tian, P. and Li, W. (2025). Prognostic stratification through smoking status and cumulative smoking dose in advanced non-small cell lung cancer immunotherapy: a dose-dependent real-world analysis. Front Oncol, 1590825. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40842597


Sertesen Camoz, E., Bolek, H., Kuzu, O. F., Sim, S., Karakas, H., Sekmek, S., Guliyev, M., Akkus, A. F., Isik, S., Tural, D., Arslan, C., Goksu, S. S., Sever, O. N., Karadurmus, N., Karacin, C., Ozguroglu, M., Sendur, M. A. N., Yekeduz, E. and Urun, Y. (2025). The Impact of Smoking on Nivolumab Outcomes in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Real-World Data from the Turkish Oncology Group Kidney Cancer Consortium (TKCC). Oncologist. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40577354


Visscher, J., Bonevski, B. and O'Callaghan, M. (2025). The association of smoking with urinary and sexual function recovery following radical prostatectomy. BJU Int. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40533875


Diaz-Gavela, A. A., Del Cerro, E., Sanchez-Garcia, S., Andreu-Vazquez, C., Thuissard-Vasallo, I. J., Sanz-Rosa, D., Pena-Huertas, M., Ruiz-Morales, C., Guerrero-Gomez, L. L., Duque-Santana, V., Hernandez-Cortes, G., Gonzalez-Cortijo, L. and Counago, F. (2025). Smoking increases breast toxicity despite adjuvant hypofractionated IMRT in early breast cancer. Radiat Oncol, 1, 45. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40148972


Wong, C., Mohamad Asfia, S. K. B., Myles, P. S., Cunningham, J., Greenhalgh, E. M., Dean, E., Doncovio, S., Briggs, L., Graves, N. and McCaffrey, N. (2025). Smoking and Complications After Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA Netw Open, 3, e250295. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40053349


Park, H. Y., Oh, H. J., Park, H. K., Yoon, J. Y., Yoon, C. S., Kho, B. G., Kim, T. O., Shin, H. J., Park, C. K., Kwon, Y. S., Kim, Y. I., Lim, S. C., Kim, Y. C. and Oh, I. J. (2025). Better chemotherapeutic response of small cell lung cancer in never smokers than in smokers. Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul). Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39933718


Rudzinska, A., Juchaniuk, P., Oberda, J., Krukowska, K., Krzyskowska, S., Kuchta, E., Rodzajewska, A., Janiszewska, M., Szklener, K., Machulska-Ciuraj, K., Rychlik-Grabowska, M., Urniaz, A., Urniaz, R. and Mandziuk, S. (2024). Association between smoking status, toxicity and survival in the checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy. Front Oncol, 1459608. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39655067


Earlier news and research

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