Missed Intrapulmonary Lymph Node Metastasis and Survival After Resection of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pathologic nodal stage is a key prognostic factor for patients with surgically resected lung cancer. We previously described the extent of missed intrapulmonary nodal metastasis in a cohort of patients treated at institutions in metropolitan Memphis, TN. With long-term follow-up, we now quantify the survival impact of missed nodal metastasis.

Methods

We conducted a prospective cohort study to evaluate inadvertently discarded lymph nodes in re-dissected remnant lung resection specimens from lung cancer patients. Retrieved material was histologically examined and classified as lymph nodes with and without metastasis. Survival information was obtained from hospital cancer registries. We plotted survival distributions with the use of the Kaplan-Meier method and evalua

SUBMITTER: Smeltzer MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4958588 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature