Younger patients operated for lung cancer have a better prognosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The incidence of lung cancer in the population of patients younger than 50 years of age is relatively low. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of patients with early lung cancer onset (ELCO, onset before the age of 50) and late lung cancer onset (LLCO, onset after the age of 50).

Methods

We have retrospectively analyzed the prospectively collected data of 1,518 patients with lung cancer treated in a Thoracic Surgery Department in the years 2007-2015. Including carcinoid tumors for the analysis may blur ELCO and LLCO population comparison; therefore we have made three analyses. We have compared overall survival (OS) in unmatched (86 patients with ELCO and 1,432 patients with LLCO) and matched the populations (with the use of propensity-score

SUBMITTER: Marjanski T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7330294 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature