Key clinical point : Patients with squamous cell lung carcinoma (SqCLC) and moderate-to-severe diabetes may have a higher risk for all-cause mortality than those with SqCLC and mild diabetes.
Major finding : Patients with SqCLC and moderate to severe diabetes had a 17% higher risk for all-cause death than those with SqCLC and mild diabetes (adjusted hazard ratio 1.17; P = .0005).
Study details : The data come from a retrospective cohort study including patients with both SqCLC and diabetes (n = 5742) from the Taiwan Cancer Registry database.
Disclosures: The study was funded by grants from Lo-Hsu Medical Foundation, LotungPoh-Ai Hospital, and Fu Jen Catholic University. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Source: Su C-H et al. Association of diabetes severity and mortality with lung squamous cell carcinoma. Cancers (Basel). 2022;14(10):2553 (May 22). Doi: 10.3390/cancers14102553