Current status of surgery for clinical stage IA lung cancer in Japan: analysis of the national clinical database.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

As the number of cases of early lung cancer in Japan grows, an analysis of the present status of surgical treatments for clinical stage IA lung cancer using a nationwide database with web-based data entry is warranted.

Methods

The operative and perioperative data from 47,921 patients who underwent surgery for clinical stage IA lung cancer in 2014 and 2015 were obtained from the National Clinical Database (NCD) of Japan. Clinicopathological characteristics, surgical procedure, mortality, and morbidity were analyzed, and thoracotomy and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) were compared.

Results

The patients comprised 27,208 men (56.8%) and 20,713 women (43.2%); mean age, 69.3 years. Lobectomy was performed in 64.8%, segmentectomy in 15.2%, and wedge resection

SUBMITTER: Ikeda N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7677152 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature