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Impact of visceral pleural invasion on the association of extent of lymphadenectomy and survival in stage I non-small cell lung cancer.

Cancer Medicine 2019 Februrary
Visceral pleural invasion (VPI) has been identified as an adverse prognostic factor for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Accurate nodal staging for NSCLC correlates with improved survival, but it is unclear whether tumors with VPI require a more extensive lymph nodes (LNs) dissection to optimize survival. We aimed to evaluate the impact of VPI status on the optimal extent of LNs dissection in stage I NSCLC, using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. We identified 9297 surgically treated T1-2aN0M0 NSCLC patients with at least one examined LNs. Propensity score matching was conducted to balance the baseline clinicopathologic characteristics between the VPI group and non-VPI group. Log-rank tests along with Cox proportional hazards regression methods were performed to evaluate the impact of extent of LNs dissection on survival. VPI was correlated with a significant worse survival, but there was no significant difference in survival rate between PL1 and PL2. Patients who underwent sublobectomy had slightly decreased survival than those who underwent lobectomy. Pathologic LNs examination was significantly correlated with survival. Examination of 7-8 LNs and 14-16 LNs conferred the lowest hazard ratio for T1-sized/non-VPI tumors (stage IA) and T1-sized/VPI tumors (stage IB), respectively. The optimal extent of LNs dissection varied by VPI status, with T1-sized/VPI tumors (stage IB) requiring a more extensive LNs dissection than T1-sized/non-VPI tumors (stage IA). These results might provide guidelines for surgical procedure in early stage NSCLC.

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