Thoracoscopic Lobectomy Versus Sublobar Resection for pStage I Geriatric Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The choice of resection method for geriatric patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains contentious. This study aimed to evaluate survival and perioperative outcomes after thoracoscopic lobectomy resection (LR) or sublobar resection (SR) in patients aged ≥75 years with pathologic stage (pStage) I NSCLC.

Materials and methods

We retrospectively examined 258 consecutive patients aged ≥75 years with pStage I NSCLC who underwent thoracoscopic tumor resection at our institute from 2011 to 2018. Propensity score matching (PSM) analysis identified 60 patients in each group for comparison of survival-related parameters, including disease-free survival (DFS), lung cancer-specific overall survival (OS), and non-lung cancer-specific OS, using the Ka

SUBMITTER: Lin YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8818756 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature