Giacomo Vallome, Iacopo Cafaro, Annarita Bottini, Chiara Dellepiane, Giovanni Rossi, Elisa Bennicelli, Francesca Parisi, Lodovica Zullo, Marco Tagliamento, Alberto Ballestrero, Emanuela Barisione, Ines Maria Grazia Piroddi, Fabrizio Montecucco, Federico Carbone, Paolo Pronzato, Matteo Lambertini, Francesco Spagnolo, Giulia Barletta, Lucrezia Barcellini, Michele Ferrante, Simone Nardin, Simona Coco, Silvia Marconi, Linda Zinoli, Paolo Moscatelli, Eleonora Arboscello, Lucia Del Mastro, Andrea Bellodi, Carlo Genova
BACKGROUND: Lung cancer patients diagnosed following emergency admission often present with advanced disease and poor performance status, leading to suboptimal treatment options and outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the clinical and molecular characteristics, treatment initiation, and survival outcomes of these patients. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed data from 124 patients diagnosed with lung cancer following emergency admission at a single institution...
November 2023: Heliyon