title: Prognostic comparison between peripheral and central types of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung in patients undergoing surgical resection.
abstract: In order to define whether the location of the tumor [peripheral (P) or central (C)] may have some influence on the prognosis for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, we analyzed 235 patients under 80 years of age (P-group = 129, C-group = 106) who had undergone surgical resection between January 1985 and December 1997. There was no significant difference in the prognosis between the two groups with stages I(0)-IIIB of the disease. We concluded that as a whole the location of the tumor may not have significant influence on the prognosis in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung undergoing surgical resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatrics, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizushima
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kusajima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D016019:Survival Analysis