title: Prognosis after resection of non-small cell lung cancer of the right middle lobe.
abstract: In a previous study at Roswell Park Memorial Institute, it was noted that in patients whose resected non-small-cell lung cancer had originated in the right middle lobe, the prognosis was much worse than when it had originated in any other lobe. A review of a longer period and exclusion of patients who might introduce a bias resulted in a group of 18 patients whose fate was compared to the findings reported in other comparable series. Three out of those are alive at 8-96 months after operation. Five-year survival was 22% (30% counting only survivors of the operations). These findings indicate that the results of surgery for non-small-cell carcinoma of the right middle lobe fall within the lower range of lung cancer generally.
mesh_terms: D002173:Cancer Care Facilities; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009518:New York; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors