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Pre‐diagnosis cigarette smoking and overall survival in non‐ H odgkin lymphoma
Author(s) -
Ollberding Nicholas J.,
Evens Andrew M.,
AschebrookKilfoy Briseis,
Caces Donne Bennett D.,
Weisenburger Dennis D.,
Smith Sonali M.,
Chiu Brian C.H.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
british journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.907
H-Index - 186
eISSN - 1365-2141
pISSN - 0007-1048
DOI - 10.1111/bjh.12512
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , cigarette smoking , follicular lymphoma , overall survival , oncology
Summary We examined whether smoking prior to non‐Hodgkin lymphoma ( NHL ) diagnosis was associated with overall survival ( OS ) and conducted a meta‐analysis to assess the evidence relating pre‐diagnosis cigarette smoking with OS . Among 523 NHL patients, worse OS was suggested for greater pre‐diagnostic smoking habits when compared to never smokers. In the meta‐analysis ( n = 5 patient populations), inferior OS was observed for greater number of cigarettes smoked per day, years of cigarette smoking, and pack‐years of cigarette smoking. The inferior survival was more pronounced for follicular than for diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Pre‐diagnosis cigarette smoking may adversely impact the survival of NHL patients.