The Association of pulmonary tuberculosis and lung cancer development among Filipino patients admitted in FEU-NRMF Medical Center /
John Kenneth Y. Magtoto.
- Fairview, Quezon City: Department of Internal Medicine, FEU-NRMF, 2021.
- 26 pages: tables; (in folder) + with flash drive (soft copy).
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract: Lung cancer and pulmonary tuberculosis are becoming more and more common especially in developing countries leading to significant workload and burden in the health sector. In some studies, it was noted that lung cancer and pulmonary tuberculosis were known to co-exist. This is most especially observed in communities with high prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis. Both diseases are known to share common clinical characteristics and risk factors, making diagnosis even harder to perform. It is in this regard that this investigation was done in order to determine incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis on patients with lung cancer who were admitted at FEU-NRMF Medical Center from January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2019. This was a single-center analytical cross-sectional study through chart review of lung cancer patients admitted at FEU-NRMF Medical Center from January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2019. Subjects were Filipinos, both men and women, age 19 to 85 yrs old diagnosed with Lung cancer admitted from January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2019at6 FEU-NRMF Medical Center. Medical Records were reviewed manually per chart. Chart review of all patients diagnosed with Lung Cancer was reviewed retrospectively within admission from January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2019. Population was divided into 2 groups; Patients with Lung CA with prior history of PTB and patient with Lung Cancer without history of PTB. Lung Cancer patients who had PTB were diagnosed based on clinical presentation of tuberculosis with most of them having latent PTB. The highest number of patients was newly diagnosed with PTB and were having treatment for more than 6 months. The highest number of patients had completed the treatment. Histological assessment of TB was adenocarcinoma and the majority had stage 4. Chemotherapy and radiation were done mostly on patients. Regardless of the histology of lung cancer and TNM class, lung scarring brought by PTB infection could lead to potential pulmonary malignancy. Although this was not proven statistically, the data clearly suggest that there was a handful number of lung cancer patients admitted in the institution who were found to have history of pulmonary tuberculosis infection.