Ambient carbon monoxide exposure and elevated risk of mortality in the glioblastoma patients: A double‐cohort retrospective observational study

• Published in: Cancer medicine (Malden, MA) Vol. 9; no. 23; pp. 9018 - 9026
• Main Authors: Yoon, Seon‐Jin, Noh, Juhwan, Son, Hye Young, Moon, Ju Hyung, Kim, Eui‐Hyun, Park, Sahng Wook, Kim, Se Hoon, Chang, Jong Hee, Huh, Yong‐Min, Kang, Seok‐Gu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.12.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Air pollution; ambient air pollution; Brain cancer; Brain tumors; Carbon monoxide; Chemotherapy; Clinical Cancer Research; Epidemiology; Glioblastoma; Hospitals; Mortality; Nitrogen dioxide; Observational studies; Original Research; Patients; Pollutants; Principal components analysis; Statistical analysis; Surgery; Survival; United States > US; carbon monoxide; mortality; glioblastoma; ambient air pollution

An increasing number of studies indicate air pollutants infiltrate into the brain. We aimed to find the association of cumulative air pollution exposure in the main body of primary brain tumor: glioblastoma (GBM). In this double‐cohort, retrospective analysis study with a protocol, we compared the h...