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Demographics and medical conditions.
Characteristics | Cannabis Non-Users |
Cannabis Users |
p-Value |
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Age in years median (range) | 69 (18–92) | 66 (37–85) | |
Gender—N (%) | |||
Female | 22 (32.4) | 10 (29.5) | |
Male | 46 (67.6) | 24 (70.5) | 0.9399 |
Performance Status |
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1≤ | 55 (80.8) | 24 (70.5) | 0.3568 |
≥2 | 13 (19.1) | 10 (29.4) | 0.3568 |
Chronic diseases per patient—N (%) | |||
0 | 22 (32.3) | 13 (22.0) | 0.7124 |
1 | 16 (23.5) | 7 (20.5) | 0.9332 |
2 or more | 30 (44.1) | 14 (41.1) | 0.9437 |
Background diseases—N (%) | |||
Chronic heart disease | 18 (26.4) | 5 (14.7) | 0.2762 |
Diabetes | 17 (25.0) | 6 (17.6) | 0.5576 |
High blood pressure | 34 (50.0) | 13 (34.1) | 0.3612 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | 9 (13.2) | 3 (8.8) | 1 |
Hyperlipidemia | 23 (33.8) | 7 (20.5) | 0.2491 |
Other | 2 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 |
Type of malignancy—N (%) | |||
Non-small cell lung cancer | 37 (54.4) | 20 (58.8) | 0.8325 |
Melanoma | 25 (36.7) | 9 (26.4) | 0.414 |
Renal cell carcinoma | 4 (5.8) | 2 (5.8) | 1 |
Other | 2 (2.9) | 3 (8.8) | 1 |
Main site of metastasis—N (%) | |||
Brain | 12 (17.6) | 8 (13.2) | 0.6593 |
Lungs | 39 (57.3) | 23 (67.6) | 0.4303 |
Liver | 13 (19.1) | 11 (32.3) | 0.2157 |
Immunotherapy given as—N (%) | |||
First line of treatment | 31 (45.5) | 8 (23.5) | 0.05178 |
Second line of treatment or more | 37 (54.4) | 26 (76.4) | 0.05178 |
Checkpoint therapy—N (%) | |||
Anti PD1: Pembrolizumab or Nivolumab | 47 (69.1) | 29 (85.2) | 0.127 |
Ipilimumab and Nivolumab | 16 (23.5) | 4 (11.7) | 0.2517 |
Anti PDL-1: Durvalumab or Atezolizumab | 5 (7.3) | 1 (2.9) | 1 |
Reference
1. Bar-Sela, G.; Cohen, I.; Campisi-Pinto, S.; Lewitus, G.M.; Oz-Ari, L.; Jehassi, A.; Peer, A.; Turgeman, I.; Vernicova, O.; Berman, P. et al. Cannabis Consumption Used by Cancer Patients during Immunotherapy Correlates with Poor Clinical Outcome. Cancers; 2020; 12, 2447. [DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers12092447] [PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32872248]
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1 Cancer Center, Emek Medical Center, 21 Yitzhak Rabin Blvd, Afula 1834111, Israel;
2 Cancer Center, Emek Medical Center, 21 Yitzhak Rabin Blvd, Afula 1834111, Israel;
3 The Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Cannabinoid Research, Department of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 320003, Israel;
4 Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 320002, Israel;
5 Statistic Unit, Emek Medical Center, Afula 1834111, Israel;
6 Division of Oncology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa 320002, Israel;