Brief Report

Demographic profile of lung cancer patients at the Universitas Academic Hospital Bronchoscopy Unit in Bloemfontein

Published in: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection
Volume 27 , issue 3 , 2012 , pages: 130–132

DOI: 10.1080/10158782.2012.11441498

Author(s): Shaun Maasdorp Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, , Michiel Prins Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, , Cornel van Rooyen Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State,

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Abstract

The prevalence of lung cancers with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations in South Africa is not known. In the absence of the routine availability of laboratory assays to test for the presence of EGFR mutations, certain demographic and clinical features might be used to predict a response to treatment with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor in patients with lung cancer. These features include East-Asian ethnicity, female gender, non-smokers, and those with adenocarcinoma.

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