title: [Long-term survival of patients operated on for carcinoma of the lung (author's transl)].
abstract: The long-term fate of patients treated surgically for carcinoma of the lung is not well known. In a careful review of the literature the authors found only nine papers with a postoperative followup of at least 10 years; the mean survival was 16,3% of patients so treated. Factors making for a good long-term prognosis include small initial tumor size, absence of mediastinal lymph node invasion, a favorable histologica type, and the type of surgery performed (partial exeresis). Translated into TNM code, this means that the best candidates for prolonged survival are patients with lung carcinoma of the squamous cell type, stage I, treated by limited lung exeresis.
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000401:mortality; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: La sopravvivenza a lungo termine degli operati per carcinoma del polmone.