Prolonged Survival in Patients with Lung Cancer with Diabetes Mellitus.
Patients with lung cancer have a high frequency of comorbidity. Data on the impact of diabetes mellitus, the most
frequent endocrine disorder, on the prognosis of lung cancer are conflicting. The aim was to investigate the impact of diabetes mellitus on survival in lung cancer
The aim of the study was to assess the influence of
diabetes mellitus on the mortality of lung cancer. Hence, we
included in the analyses only lung cancer-related mortality.
Additionally, in the 3-year follow-up period, 92% of all
patients who died, died of lung cancer-related mortality and
only 8% of other or unknown causes.