The predictive and prognostic values of factors associated with visceral pleural involvement in resected lung adenocarcinomas.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The predictive and prognostic impact of factors associated with visceral pleural invasion (VPI) on survival and recurrence in patients with resected lung adenocarcinomas is not clearly defined.

Patients and methods

A total of 505 consecutive patients with stage Ia-IIIa lung adenocarcinomas treated with radical resection were included. The predominant growth pattern was classified according to the new classification system for lung adenocarcinoma proposed by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, the American Thoracic Society, and the European Respiratory Society. The correlations of VPI with clinical and pathologic parameters were analyzed.

Results

The incidence of VPI was significantly lower in lepidic predominant group (15.5% vs 4.5%,

SUBMITTER: Zhang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4844436 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature