Treating Smoking in Cancer Patients: An Essential Component of Cancer Care-The New National Cancer Institute Tobacco Control Monograph.
JCO Oncol Pract
; 18(12): e1971-e1976, 2022 12.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Continued smoking after the diagnosis of cancer can markedly worsen oncology treatment side effects, cancer outcomes, cancer mortality, and all-cause mortality. Conversely, mounting evidence demonstrates that smoking cessation by patients with cancer improves outcomes. A cancer diagnosis often serves as a teachable moment, characterized by high motivation to quit. However, too few patients with cancer who smoke are offered evidence-based smoking cessation treatment, and too few engage in such treatment. METHODS AND MATERIALS The National Cancer Institute commissioned Tobacco Control Monograph 23, Treating Smoking in Cancer Patients An Essential Component of Cancer Care, to review and synthesize the evidence that clarifies the need to intervene with smoking in cancer care.RESULTS:
Although many patients with newly diagnosed cancer who smoke make quit attempts, many of these are unsuccessful, and among those who successfully quit, relapse is common. Indeed, an estimated 12.2% of adults ever diagnosed with cancer reported they currently smoked (National Health Interview Survey, 2020). Patients with cancer who smoke are likely to benefit from smoking cessation treatments, including counseling and US Food and Drug Administration-approved medications, and there are many effective strategies to increase delivery of smoking cessation treatment in cancer care settings.CONCLUSION:
Smoking cessation is among the most effective treatment options for improving the likelihood of survival, quality of life, and overall health of patients with cancer who smoke. It is important for cancer care clinicians and patients to realize that it is never too late to quit smoking and that there are clear benefits to doing so, regardless of cancer type.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Abandono do Hábito de Fumar
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Neoplasias
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
JCO Oncol Pract
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Moldávia