Prognostic Impact of Node-Spreading Pattern in Surgically Treated Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Multicentric Analysis.

Giovanni Leuzzi, Filippo Lococo, Gabriele Alessandrini, Isabella Sperduti, Lorenzo Spaggiari, Federico Venuta, Erino A. Rendina, Pierluigi M. Granone, Cristian Rapicetta, Piero Zannini, Gaetano Di Rienzo, Maurizio Nicolosi, Francesco Facciolo

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Although surgery in selected small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients has been proposed as a part of multimodality therapy, so far, the prognostic impact of node-spreading pattern has not been fully elucidated. To investigate this issue, a retrospective analysis was performed. METHODS: From 01/1996 to 12/2012, clinico-pathological, surgical, and oncological features were retrospectively reviewed in a multicentric cohort of 154 surgically treated SCLC patients. A multivariate Cox proportional hazard model was developed using stepwise regression, in order to identify independent outcome predictors. Overall (OS), cancer-specific (CSS), and Relapse-free survival (RFS) were calculated by Kaplan-Meier method. RESULTS: Overall, median OS, CSS, and RFS were 29 (95 % CI
Original languageUndefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)107-114
Number of pages8
JournalLung
Volume195
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 1 2017

Keywords

  • Lymphadenectomy, Multimodality therapy, Node-spreading pattern, Ratio, Small-cell lung cancer, Surgery

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