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Michael S May1, Jacob K Jamison2, Winston Wong3
1Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Abstract:
Smoking is a risk factor for pulmonary metastasis in various malignancies. We investigated this association for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). We conducted a retrospective 1:2 case-control study of consecutive patients who underwent PDAC resection (2011-2021). Cases ultimately developed lung metastases and controls did not. Of 744 patients we identified 53 cases and 106 matched controls. Twenty-five (47%) cases and 50 (47%) matched controls had a history of smoking (p = 1.0). This indicates that smoking is not associated with increased risk of pulmonary metastasis in resectable PDAC. Further research is needed to elucidate tumor and parenchymal factors influencing metastatic site.
