Role of surgery in multi-modality treatment for carcinomatous pleuritis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
Surg Today
; 45(2): 197-202, 2015 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the role of surgery in the treatment of the patients with non-small cell lung cancer with pleural dissemination.METHODS:
The clinical records of 25 patients (mean age 69 years) diagnosed with carcinomatous pleuritis during a thoracotomy by pathological examination and followed by surgery between 1994 and 2012 were reviewed. The treatment modality, including surgery, the clinicopathologic characteristics and 5-year survival were analyzed.RESULTS:
There were 16 adenocarcinomas, 6 squamous cell carcinomas and 3 large cell carcinomas. Surgery included resection of the main tumor by partial resection in 10 cases, segmentectomy in 2 cases, lobar resection in 12 cases and bilobectomy in 1 case. Intrathoracic irrigation was performed in 20 cases. The pathological N status was N0/N1/N2/Nx 10/6/7/2. Fifteen patients received adjuvant therapy. The overall 5-year survival rate was 22.2 %. The 5-year survival rates of the N0, N1 and N2 groups were 36.0, 16.7 and 14.3 %, respectively (p = 0.0068). Nine patients lived more than 3 years including 5 in N0, 3 in N1 and 1 in N2.CONCLUSIONS:
Surgery should not be excluded from the multi-modality treatment of patients with carcinomatous pleuritis because there are some patients who could benefit from surgery especially if they are in N0 status.
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Asunto principal:
Pleuresia
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Derrame Pleural Maligno
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Carcinoma de Pulmón de Células no Pequeñas
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Año:
2015
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Article