SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS INFLUENCE PAIN PERCEPTION IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER PATIENTS.

Background: Lung cancer is the most common malignant disease in men and the third most common in women worldwide. Pain in these patients is a leading and debilitating symptom, among others.

Objectives: The aim of this research was to determine the relationship between the sociodemographic characteristics and pain perception, as measured by visual analogue scale for pain, in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Smoking behaviors and lung cancer epidemiology: a cohort study.

Background: Lung cancer is the most common cancer in the world. According to the latest available data, in the year 2012 Croatia was among 20 countries with the highest incidence of lung cancer. Although tobacco smoking is a proven cause of lung cancer, recent data show that more than one quarter of adult inhabitants of Croatia are everyday smokers.