title: A survival study of surgically treated lung cancer in Korea. Lung Cancer Surgical Study Group.
abstract: Survival rate over a 5-year period were studied in a series of 658 proven primary lung cancer patients treated by thoracic surgeons at 8 institutes during the period from 1976 to 1987 in Korea. The study was designed as a multi-center cooperative work for the statistical analysis of the followup result. Clinical data of age, sex, morbidity, and staging of the tumor were assessed in 540 patients to evaluate their 5-year survival rates. Eventually, 405 resectable patients were analyzed by stage, cell type, surgical procedure, and TNM status. The 5-year actuarial survival rates by stage in the resectable group were: stage I 39.7%, II 30.6% III A 16.3%, III B 6.7%, and IV 0%. The 5-year survival rates by cell type were: squamous cell 31.9%, adenocarcinoma 21.2%, large cell 11%, and small cell 6%. The survival rates by surgical procedures were: lobectomy 30.7% and pneumonectomy 25.7%. The survival rates by TNM status in the operable group were: T1 34.7%, T2 26.8%, T3 7.5%, T4 5%; N1 23%, N2 10%, N3 3%; MO 21%, and M1 0%, respectively. The overall actuarial 5-year survival rate in the group of 405 resectable patients was 25.9%.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Kwak
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hur
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate