Postoperative recurrence of clinical early-stage non-small cell lung cancers: a comparison between solid and subsolid nodules
Postoperative recurrence of clinical early-stage non-small cell lung cancers: a comparison between solid and subsolid nodules
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DOI:
10.1186/s40644-019-0219-3
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发表时间:
2019-06-07
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4.9
通讯作者:
Naganawa, Shinji
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作者:
Iwano, Shingo;Umakoshi, Hiroyasu;Naganawa, Shinji
BackgroundFor subsolid non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs), solid size (SS), which is the maximal diameter of the solid component, correlates more accurately with tumor prognosis than the total size, which is the maximal diameter of the entire tumor, including ground-glass opacity. We reviewed the propriety of the TNM staging based on the SS for early-stage NSCLCs.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed the preoperative radiological reports, clinical records, and pathological reports of NSCLC cases in our hospital between 2010 and 2013, and clinical stage (c-Stage) 0 and I tumors were selected. Disease-free survival (DFS), based on survival analysis, was used to assess the tumor characteristics that predicted the prognosis.ResultsA total of 247 NSCLC diagnoses in 231 patients (88 women and 143 men; age, 677years) were included in our cohort. They were classified into solid (n=131) and subsolid (n=116) nodules. The DFS curves indicated that prognosis was significantly worse in the following order: c-Stage 0, c-Stage IA, and c-Stage IB tumors (p=0.016). Patients with solid nodules showed a significantly worse prognosis than patients with subsolid nodules (p