title: [Long-term results after resection of IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer and complementary mediastinal irradiation].
abstract: The authors present a retrospective evaluation of long-term results of treatment of patients with IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), operated and subjected to complementary irradiation of mediastinum in the years 1987-1990. 60 patients were observed: 10 women and 50 men, aged 37-74 years (mean age 56). In all patients a radical resection of lung parenchyma with the primary tumour and mediastinal lymphadenectomy were performed. The one-year survival was 63% (38 patients), three-year survival--15% (9 patients) and five-year survival 13% (8 patients). It was found that the five year-survival in patients with IIIA-N2 NSCLC, in whom a combined therapy was applied (surgery and irradiation), was low, and the most common cause of death in the first three years of follow-up were distant metastases. Moreover it was observed that the number of mediastinal lymph node groups had a great influence on the time of survival.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Chirurgii Klatki Piersiowej i Nowotworów AM w Bydgoszczy.
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pepliński
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kowalewski
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skokowski
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dancewicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome