[Surgery for multiple primary lung cancers].
Thirty-eight patients (3.4%) of multiple primary lung cancers were treated among 1,106 patients of lung cancer at Nagoya City University Hospital. Twenty-eight patients had multiple lung lesions at the same time. Ten had the second primary lung cancer from 5 to 12 years after the first operation. Thirty-six patients had the second operation, and two had adjuvant therapy for lung cancer. Their 5 year survival rate was 36%. Especially of the patients with stage I lung cancer, 5 year survival rate was 65%. Radical but less invasive operation like VATS should be chosen for their treatment.
Yamakawa
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Department of Surgery II, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan.
Saitou
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Y
Kiriyama
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Fukai
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I
Yano
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Kaji
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M
Sasaki
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H
Fujii
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Y
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D015996:Survival Rate