Epidemiological profile and survival of metastatic lung cancer in the Pulmonology unit of the Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech

A. Benjelloun1*,A. Zidane2, A.El Ktaibi 3 , A.Arsalane2, Y. Zakaria1,R.Bouchentouf1
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The lung cancer is the first cause of death by cancer in the world. Smoking represents the main
risk factor. Materials and methods: We present a retrospective study performed in the
Pulmonology unit of the military hospital in Marrakech over 6 years from January 2008 to
December 2013. 54 metastatic lung cancer patients with suitable files were studied. Results: the
study concerned 53 males and one woman with 98 % of smokers. The diagnosis was mainly
performed by bronchoscopy (48 %). NSLC represented 80 % of all patients and SCLC 16 %. 86
% of the NSCLC and 100 % of the SCLC underwent chemotherapy. The survival was poor for
both groups: median was 5 months for SCLC and 6 months for NSCLC. Discussion: we
compare our epidemiological and survival results with the literature.
Key words: lung cancer, small cells, non small cells, metastases, chemotherapy