Abstract
Purposes
The aim of this study was to evaluate whether sublobar resection could achieve recurrence and survival rates equivalent to lobectomy in high-risk elderly patients.
Methods
We conducted a retrospective multicenter study that including all consecutive patients (aged >75 years) who underwent operation for clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The clinicopathological data, postoperative morbidity and mortality, recurrence rate and vital status were retrieved. The overall survival, cancer-specific survival and disease-free survival were also assessed.
Results
Two hundred and thirty-nine patients (median age 78 years) were enrolled. Lobectomies were performed in 149 (62.3 %) patients and sublobar resections in 90 (39 segmentectomies, 51 wedge resections). There were no differences in the recurrence rates following lobar versus sublobar resections (19 versus 23 %, respectively; p = 0.5) or the overall survival (p = 0.1), cancer-specific survival (p = 0.3) or disease-free survival (p = 0.1). After adjusting for 1:1 propensity score matching and a matched pair analysis, the results remained unchanged. A tumor size >2 cm and pN2 disease were independent negative prognostic factors in unmatched (p = 0.01 and p = 0.0003, respectively) and matched (p = 0.02 and p = 0.005, respectively) analyses.
Conclusions
High-risk elderly patients may benefit from sublobar resection, which provides an equivalent long-term survival compared to lobectomy.
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Fiorelli, A., Caronia, F.P., Daddi, N. et al. Sublobar resection versus lobectomy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer: an appropriate choice in elderly patients?. Surg Today 46, 1370–1382 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-016-1314-8
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