Alcohol Abuse Predicts Progression of Disease and Death in Patients with Lung Cancer Douglas E. Paull, MD, Glenda M. Updyke, PA-C, Michael A. Baumann, MD, Hong W. Chin, MD, Alex G. Little, MD, Samuel A. Adebonojo, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 80, Issue 3, Pages 1033-1039 (September 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.03.071 Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Overall survival of 36 alcohol-abusing patients (Etoh; broken line) and 78 nonabusing patients (Non-etoh; solid line) with nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). aMedian survival in months (95% confidence intervals). bGehans-Wilcoxon log-rank test. Error bars ± SEM. (B) Progression-free survival of 36 alcohol-abusing patients (Etoh; broken line) and 78 nonabusing patients (Non-etoh; solid line) with NSCLC. aMedian survival in months (95% confidence intervals). bGehans-Wilcoxon log-rank test. cProgression = 20% increase in size of measurable disease or any new lesions. Error bars ± SEM. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 80, 1033-1039DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.03.071) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) Overall survival of 18 alcohol-abusing patients (Etoh; broken line) and 33 nonabusing patients (Non-etoh; solid line) with stage III nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). aMedian survival in months (95% confidence intervals). bGehans-Wilcoxon log-rank test. Error bars ± SEM. (B) Progression-free survival of 18 alcohol-abusing patients (Etoh; broken line) and 33 nonabusing patients (Non-etoh; solid line) with stage III NSCLC. aMedian survival in months (95% confidence intervals). bGehans-Wilcoxon log-rank test. cProgression = 20% increase in size of measurable disease or any new lesions. Error bars ± SEM. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 80, 1033-1039DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.03.071) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions