Quitting smoking after a cancer diagnosis significantly increases survival
Ashish M. Kamat posted on X about recent paper by Paul M. Cinciripini et al., titled “Survival Outcomes of an Early Intervention Smoking Cessation Treatment After a Cancer Diagnosis” published on JAMA Network.
Authors: Paul M. Cinciripini, George Kypriotakis, Janice A. Blalock, Maher Karam-Hage, Diane M. Beneventi, Jason D. Robinson, Jennifer A. Minnix, Graham W. Warren
“Quitting smoking after a cancer diagnosis significantly increases survival, regardless of cancer type.
The sooner you quit, the better: Those who quit within 3 months of diagnosis had a 25% lower risk of death, 6 months = 21% lower, and 9 months = 15% lower.
75th percentile survival increased from 2.1 years for continuing smokers to 3.9 years for those who quit within 6 months of diagnosis.”
Ashish M. Kamat is the Endowed Professor of Urologic Oncology (Surgery) and Cancer Research at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is also President of the International Bladder Cancer Group (IBCG) and International Bladder Cancer Network (IBCN). He is Associate Editor for European Urology Oncology, Editor for the UroToday Bladder Cancer Center of Excellence, directed the MDACC Urologic Oncology Fellowship from 2005-2016, and is an alumnus of the AUA Leadership Program.
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