Journal of Chest Surgery

The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (대한심장혈관흉부외과학회)
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Comparison of Surgical Outcomes and Survival between Octogenarians and Younger Patients after Pulmonary Resection for Stage I Lung Cancer

  • Hong, Seokbeom (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Moon, Young Kyu (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Park, Jae Kil (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • Received : 2017.09.26
  • Accepted : 2017.11.16
  • Published : 2018.10.05
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Abstract

Background: Treatment strategies for octogenarians with lung cancer remain controversial. The purpose of this study was to compare surgical outcomes and survival between octogenarians and younger patients with stage IA and IB lung cancer. Methods: We reviewed the medical records of 34 consecutive octogenarians and 457 younger patients (<70 years) with stage I lung cancer who underwent surgical resection from January 2007 to December 2015. We analyzed the survival and surgical outcomes of the 2 groups according to the lung cancer stage (IA and IB). Results: The only significant differences in the clinicopathological features between the groups were the higher proportion of sublobar resection (56.3% vs. 18.9%) and the smaller number of dissected lymph nodes (LNs) in octogenarians. There was no significant difference in hospital stay (11 days vs. 9 days), pneumonia (5.8% vs 1.9%), or operative mortality (0% vs 0.6%) between the 2 groups. Among patients with stage IA lung cancer, 5-year recurrence-free survival was not significantly different between the octogenarians (n=16) and younger patients (n=318) (86.2% vs. 89.1%, p=0.548). However, 5-year overall survival was significantly lower in octogenarians than in younger patients (79.4% vs. 93.4%, p=0.009). Among patients with stage IB lung cancer, there was no significant difference in 5-year recurrence-free survival (62.1% vs. 73.5%, p=0.55) or overall survival (77.0% vs 85.0%, p=0.75) between octogenarians (n=18) and younger patients (n=139). In multivariable analysis, male sex, the number of dissected LNs, and tumor size were factors related to survival (hazard ratio [HR], 5.795; p=0.017; HR, 0.346, p=0.025; and HR, 1.699; p=0.035, respectively). Conclusion: Surgical outcomes and survival after pulmonary resection for stage I lung cancer were comparable in octogenarians and younger patients. Continued careful selection of octogenarians for pulmonary resection is important to achieve good results.

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