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ABSTRACT: Purpose
This multi-center, retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the long-term survival in patients who underwent surgical resection for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and to identify the benefit of adjuvant therapy following surgery.Materials and methods
The data of 213 patients who underwent surgical resection for SCLC at four institutions were retrospectively reviewed. Patients who received neoadjuvant therapy or an incomplete resection were excluded.Results
The mean patient age was 65.29±8.93 years, and 184 patients (86.4%) were male. Lobectomies and pneumonectomies were performed in 173 patients (81.2%), and 198 (93%) underwent systematic mediastinal lymph node dissections. Overall, 170 patients (79.8%) underwent adjuvant chemotherapy, 42 (19.7%) underwent radiotherapy to the mediastinum, and 23 (10.8%) underwent prophylactic cranial irradiation. The median follow-up period was 31.08 months (interquartile range, 13.79 to 64.52 months). The 5-year overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival were 53.4% and 46.9%, respectively. The 5-year OS significantly improved after adjuvant chemotherapy in all patients (57.4% vs. 40.3%, p=0.007), and the survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy was significant in patients with negative node pathology (70.8% vs. 39.7%, p=0.004). Adjuvant radiotherapy did not affect the 5-year OS (54.6% vs. 48.5%, p=0.458). Age (hazard ratio [HR], 1.032; p=0.017), node metastasis (HR, 2.190; p < 0.001), and adjuvant chemotherapy (HR, 0.558; p=0.019) were associated with OS.Conclusion
Adjuvant chemotherapy after surgical resection in patients with SCLC improved the OS, though adjuvant radiotherapy to the mediastinum did not improve the survival or decrease the locoregional recurrence rate.
SUBMITTER: Park SY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9873341 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Park Seong Yong SY Park Samina S Lee Geun Dong GD Kim Hong Kwan HK Choi Sehoon S Kim Hyeong Ryul HR Kim Yong-Hee YH Kim Dong Kwan DK Park Seung-Il SI Hong Tae Hee TH Choi Yong Soo YS Kim Jhingook J Cho Jong Ho JH Shim Young Mog YM Zo Jae Ill JI Na Kwon Joong KJ Park In Kyu IK Kang Chang Hyun CH Kim Young-Tae YT Park Byung Jo BJ Lee Chang Young CY Lee Jin Gu JG Kim Dae Joon DJ Paik Hyo Chae HC
Cancer research and treatment 20220609 1
<h4>Purpose</h4>This multi-center, retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the long-term survival in patients who underwent surgical resection for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and to identify the benefit of adjuvant therapy following surgery.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>The data of 213 patients who underwent surgical resection for SCLC at four institutions were retrospectively reviewed. Patients who received neoadjuvant therapy or an incomplete resection were excluded.<h4>Results</h4>The ...[more]