Lobectomy leads to optimal survival in early-stage small cell lung cancer: a retrospective analysis.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
; 142(3): 538-46, 2011 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Stage I or II small cell lung cancer is rare. We evaluated the contemporary incidence of early-stage small cell lung cancer and defined its optimal local therapy.METHODS:
We analyzed the incidence, treatment patterns, and outcomes of 2214 patients with early-stage small cell lung cancer (1690 with stage I and 524 with stage II) identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database from 1988 to 2005.RESULTS:
Early-stage small cell lung cancer constituted a stable proportion of all small cell lung cancers (3%-5%), lung cancers (0.10%-0.17%), and stage I lung cancers (1%-1.5%) until 2003 but, by 2005, increased significantly to 7%, 0.29%, and 2.2%, respectively (P < .0001). Surgery for early-stage small cell lung cancer peaked at 47% in 1990 but declined to 16% by 2005. Patients treated with lobectomy or greater resections (lobe) without radiotherapy had longer median survival (50 months) than those treated with sublobar resections (sublobe) without radiotherapy (30 months, P = .006) or those treated with radiotherapy alone (20 months, P < .0001). Patients undergoing sublobe without radiotherapy also demonstrated superior survival than patients receiving radiotherapy alone (P = .002). The use or omission of radiotherapy made no difference after limited resection (30 vs 28 months, P = .6). Multivariable analysis found survival independently related to age, year of diagnosis, tumor size, stage, and treatment (lobe vs sublobe vs radiotherapy alone).CONCLUSIONS:
Surgery is an underused modality in the management of early-stage small cell lung cancer. Lobectomy provides optimal local control and leads to superior survival. Although sublobar resection proved inferior to lobectomy, it conferred a survival advantage superior to radiotherapy alone. The addition of radiotherapy to resection provided no additional benefit.
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01-internacional
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6_ODS3_enfermedades_notrasmisibles
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Carcinoma de Pequenas Células do Pulmão
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
Ano de publicação:
2011
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Article