Smoking Cessation and Continued Risk in Cancer Patients (PDQ®) - Purpose of This PDQ Summary

• Purpose of This PDQ Summary
• Overview
• Smoking as a Primary Risk Factor
• Poorer Treatment Response in Cancer Patients
• Smoking as a Risk for Second Malignancy
• Effects of a Cancer Diagnosis on Quitting Smoking and Remaining Abstinent
• Smoking Intervention With Cancer Patients
• Pharmacological Treatment
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• Changes to This Summary (08/14/2008)
• Questions or Comments About This Summary
• More Information

This PDQ cancer information summary provides comprehensive, peer-reviewed information for health professionals about the risks of continued smoking in cancer patients and about quitting patterns and cessation intervention in these patients. This summary is reviewed regularly and updated as necessary by the PDQ Supportive and Palliative Care Editorial Board.

Information about the following is included in this summary:

• The effect of smoking on recurrence or on diagnosis of a second primary cancer in cancer patients.
• Patterns of quitting and continued smoking in cancer patients.
• Smoking intervention for cancer patients.

This summary is intended as a resource to inform and assist clinicians and other health professionals who care for cancer patients during and after cancer treatment. It does not provide formal guidelines or recommendations for making health care decisions. Information in this summary should not be used as a basis for reimbursement determinations.

This summary is also available in a patient version, which is written in less technical language, and in Spanish.