Role of surgery in a case-control study of patients with clinical stage IIIA small cell lung cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The role of surgery in the multidisciplinary treatment of clinical stage IIIA small cell lung cancer is yet to be verified. This study was performed to determine the benefit of surgery in patients with stage IIIA small cell lung cancer.

Methods

Patients diagnosed with stage IIIA small cell lung cancer at Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital from 2005 to 2015 were included and divided into two groups: the surgery with neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy group and the concurrent chemo-radiotherapy group. Overall survival was compared between the two groups. A multivariate Cox regression model was constructed to evaluate factors associated with overall survival.

Results

Of 69 patients with stage IIIA small cell lung cancer during the study period, 40 patients (58%) u

SUBMITTER: Li S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8182514 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature