[Surgical treatment for recurrent and second primary lung cancer].
We analyzed 39 patients who underwent a 2nd resection for recurrent (solitary pulmonary metastasis) or 2nd primary lung cancer. Based on the pathological findings, 18 patients were diagnosed as recurrent lung cancer, and 21 patients were diagnosed as 2nd primary lung cancer. Overall 5-year survival was 69.4%. There are no difference between recurrent group and 2nd primary group. It is difficult to distinguish preoperatively between recurrent lung cancer and 2nd primary lung cancer, so we must be consider the 2nd resection as a curative resection for "2nd primary lung cancer".
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Respiratory Disease Center, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Haruhiro
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Yukiue
Masayuki
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Tanahashi
Hiroshi
H
Haneda
Eriko
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Suzuki
Naoko
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Yoshii
Hiroshi
H
Niwa
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation