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Nodal Station as a Prognostic Factor in Resected Stage IIIA N2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer  

김대준 (연세대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실)
김길동 (연세대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실)
김치영 (연세대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실)
정경영 (연세대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.36, no.7, 2003 , pp. 489-496 More about this Journal
Abstract
To clarify the prognostic implication of the location and number of the metastatic mediastinal nodes in resected stage IIIA N2 non-small cell lung cancer. Material and Method: One hundred and seventy-four patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer who eventually proved to have pathologic stage IIIA N2 disease were studied. Patients who received preoperative induction therapy, non-curative operation or defined as operative mortality were excluded from this study. Result: In upper lobe tumors, there was no difference in 5-year survival according to the involvement of lower mediastinal nodes (32.3% vs 25.6%, p=0.86). In lower lobe tumors, no difference was found in 5-year survival according to the involvement of upper mediastinal nodes (25.1% vs 14.1%, p=0.33). There was no significant difference in 5-year survival between patients with or without metastatic subcarinal node (20.9% vs 25.6%, p=0.364). In terms of the number of metastatic mediastinal nodes, 5-year survival was better in single station group (26.3%) than multiple station group (18.3%) (p=0.048). In multiple station N2 group, the patients who received postoperative chemotherapy and radiation therapy had better 5-year survival (34.2%) (p=0.01). Cox's proportional hazards model revealed that the age $\geq$60 (O.R: 1.682, p=.006), multiple station N2 (O.R: 1.503. p=0.021), pneumonectomy (O.R: 1.562, p=0.018), postoperative chemotherapy and radiation therapy (O.R: 0.625, p=0.012) were the factors affecting the postoperative survival. Conclusion: Multiple station N2 disease was the important prognostic factor for postoperative survival in resected stage IIIA N2 non-small cell lung cancer. Postoperative chemotherapy and radiotherapy were thought to improve the survival in case of multiple station N2 disease.
Keywords
Neoplasm staging; Carcinoma, non-small cell, lung; Lymph node; Nodal station; N2 disease;
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