Surgery offers survival advantage over radiotherapy in patients who are 80 years and older with Stage I and II NSCLC: A retrospective cohort study of 7,045 patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Elderly people are less likely than younger patients to undergo curative surgery for early-stage lung cancer because of the greater risk of surgery and postoperative complications. We investigated the relationship between treatment modality and the risk of all-cause and lung cancer-specific mortality to compare the efficacy of surgical treatment with radiotherapy in patients with stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who were ≥80 years old.

Methods

We extracted data from the most recent Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results 9 registry study database (2010-2017). We mainly selected patients with stage I and II NSCLC who were ≥80 years old, and after screening, 7,045 cases were selected for our study. We used univariate analysis, stratified analysis

SUBMITTER: Guo Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9577077 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature