title: Survival of patients surgically treated for lung cancer.
abstract: A study was done on survival of patients surgically treated for lung cancer from 1995-2001. The average operative rate for 852 patients was 4.8%. In 67 surgically treated patients (54M, 13F), the commonest histological type was squamous cell carcinoma (52.2%) followed by adenocarcinoma (26.9%). The surgical-pathological stage was stage I in 52.2%. Postoperatively, five-year survival was 29%, with a median survival of 27 months. Completeness of resection was the foremost determinant of survival outcome and stage higher than stage I was an adverse prognostic factor. These results indicate that the current outlook for lung cancer patients remains poor.
authors.affiliation: Chest Clinic, Penang Hospital, Jalan Residensi, 10450 Penang.
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Hooi
authors.forename: K Mohd
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hamzah
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jahizah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis