Targeted therapies are the standard first-line treatment for metastatic lung adenocarcinoma with certain molecular abnormalities. These abnormalities are particularly common in Southeast Asia and French Polynesia. A 51-year-old Tahitian female non-smoker was diagnosed in 2018 with stage IV lung adenocarcinoma harboring a p.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The French college of general hospital respiratory physicians (CPHG) has conducted 10 years apart two prospective observational studies to assess changes in the primary lung cancer epidemiology and outcomes, including 1-year mortality.
Methods: In 2000 and 2010, all volunteer adult patients followed in the respiratory department of general hospitals participating in the study were consecutively included if their lung cancer was histologically or cytologically diagnosed between 01 January and 31 December (sample date). Their vital status at least 1 year after inclusion and date of death (if applicable) were collected.
Introduction: A cohort was formed to explore the evolution of COPD patients treated in general hospitals for acute exacerbations (AE). The present article describes and compares patient characteristics according to whether COPD was diagnosed before the AE or not.
Methods: Data were analyzed for 1,824 patients admitted between October 2006 and June 2007 to 68 departments of respiratory medicine.