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Can smoking duration alone replace pack-years to predict the risk of smoking-related oncogenic mutations in non-small cell lung cancer? A cross-sectional study in Japan.
BMJ open - 9 Sept 2020
Ogawa Koichi, Koh Yasuhiro, Kaneda Hiroyasu, Izumi Motohiro, Matsumoto Yoshiya, Sawa Kenji, Fukui Mitsuru, Taniguchi Yoshihiko, Yoshimoto Naoki, Tamiya Akihiro, Ando Masahiko, Kubo Akihito, Isa Shun-Ichi, Saka Hideo, Matsumura Akihide, Kawaguchi Tomoya
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether smoking duration alone can replace pack-years to predict the risk of oncogenic mutations in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). DESIGN: A cross-sectional study using the baseline dataset from the Japan Molecular Epidemiology for Lung Cancer Study. SETTING: Forty-three medical institutions nationwide in Japan. PARTICIPANTS: From July 2012 to December 2013, 957 patients with newly...
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