Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  1997 Sep;30(9):908-913.

Surgical Treatment For Primary Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

• Choi JY
• Kim BK
• Jang IS
• Ouck CD
• Kim JW
• Kim SH
• Rhie SH

Abstract

From May 1988 to December 1995, 77 patients underwent surgical resection for primary non-small cell lung cancer at GNUH, and were evaluated clinically. There were 65 males and 12 females(M:F=5.4:1), and the peak incidence of age was 6th decade of life(44.5%). The major symptoms were cough, hemoptysis and chest pain due to anatomical effects of the mass. Histopathologically, squamous cell carcinoma was 81.8%, adenocarcinoma 14.3%, and adenosquamous carcinoma 3.9%. There was no significant difference in survival among three groups. The pneumonectomy was performed in 26 cases(33.8%), lobectomy 30 cases(38.9%), bilobectomy 9 cases(11.7%), and overall resectability was 84.4%. The postoperative official stagings were as follows ; 26 patients of stage I(34%), 14 patients of stage II(18%), 22 patients of stage IIIa(29%), 14 patients of stage IIIb(18%), and one patients of stage IV(1%). In all cases, 3 year survival rate are showed stage I 83%, stage II 26%, stage IIIa 17%, and stage IIIb 0%.

Keyword

Lung neoplasm; Carcinoma, non-small cell lung

MeSH Terms

Adenocarcinoma
Carcinoma, Adenosquamous
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Chest Pain
Cough
Hemoptysis
Humans
Incidence
Lung Neoplasms
Male
Pneumonectomy
Survival Rate