Clinical implication of tumour spread through air spaces in pathological stage I lung adenocarcinoma treated with lobectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical implication of tumour spread through air spaces (STAS) as a prognostic factor in pathological stage I lung adenocarcinoma treated with lobectomy and to identify related parameters.

Methods

Medical records of patients who underwent pulmonary lobectomy for stage I (American Joint Committee on Cancers eighth edition) lung adenocarcinomas between 2012 and February 2018 at our institutions were reviewed retrospectively. Patients with minimally invasive adenocarcinomas and tumours ≥3 cm in size were excluded. Included patients were classified into STAS (+) and STAS (-) groups. Clinical implications of STAS and recurrence in patients were investigated.

Results

A total of 109 patients was analysed: 41 (37.6%) in th

SUBMITTER: Yi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8906769 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature