Surgical results and survival of older patients with unsuspected N2 (stage IIIA) non-small cell lung cancer

Dell'Amore, Andrea and Monteverde, Marco and Caroli, Guido and Sanna, Stefano and Stella, Franco and Bini, Alessandro (2013) Surgical results and survival of older patients with unsuspected N2 (stage IIIA) non-small cell lung cancer. Il giornale di chirurgia, 34 (3). pp. 53-58. ISSN 1971-145X

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Abstract

Purposes. The optimal treatment of N2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in older patients is still debate and represent an important treatment and ethical problem. Patients and methods. Between January 2000 to December 2010, 273 older patients underwent lung resection for (NSCLC). Results. The overall-operative mortality was 9.5%. Risk factors for in-hospital mortality were pneumonectomy and poli-vasculopathy. One, 3 and 5-year survival were 73%, 23% and 16% respectively. Conclusions. In potentially operable older patients with NSCLC we need to make every effort to exclude N2 involvement because very poor long-term survival. Pneumonectomy in older patients gains prohibitive in-hospital mortality.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Lung cancer, Advanced stage, Older patients, Extended resection
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 617 Rami vari della medicina; Chirurgia
Depositing User:	Nadia Del Gobbo
Date Deposited:	27 Oct 2016 08:38
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2016 08:38
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/8377

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