title: [Clinical evaluation of surgical treatment of lung cancer involving the chest wall].
abstract: Twenty-four patients with primary lung cancer involving chest wall underwent pulmonary and chest wall resections. All patients were males ranging from 38 to 74 years of age. Pain was the most frequent symptom. Twenty-three lobectomies and one pneumonectomy were performed. Resections of parietal pleura were performed in 4 patients and en block resections of chest wall were performed in 20 patients. After operation, postsurgical stage was pT3N0M0 in 16 patients, pT3N1M0 in 4 patients and pT3N2M0 in four. Operative mortality was 4.2%. Actuarial survival of 23 patients surviving operation was 45.7% at 1 year, 28.7% at 2 year and 17.2% at 3 and 5 year. Three patients who had no lymphnode metastases and no rib invasion survived more than 5 years. We concluded that long term survival can be expected in pN0 patients without invasion to the ribs.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maebeya
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokoi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakurai
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013903:Thoracic Surgery; D013909:Thorax / Q000473:pathology*