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Severe Nocturnal Hypoxemia, Not Just Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Predicts Reduced Survival in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients
The NEOSAS-GFPC study demonstrates that severe sleep-related hypoxemia is an independent predictor of increased mortality in NSCLC patients, highlighting the clinical importance of monitoring nocturnal oxygen saturation beyond traditional apnea indices to improve prognostic accuracy and patient care.