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Prognosis after resection of non‐small cell lung cancer of the right middle lobe
Author(s) -
Peleg Haran,
Antkowiak Joseph G.,
Lane Warren W.,
Regal AnneMarie,
Takita Hiroshi
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930350404
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , lobe , lung , carcinoma , surgery , resection , cancer , oncology , pathology
In a previous study at Roswell Park Memorial Institute, it was noted that in patients whose resected non‐small‐cell lung cancer had originated in the right middle lobe, the prognosis was much worse than when it had originated in any other lobe. A review of a longer period and exclusion of patients who might introduce a bias resulted in a group of 18 patients whose fate was compared to the findings reported in other comparable series. Three out of those are alive at 8‐96 months after operation. Five‐year survival was 22% (30% counting only survivors of the operations). These findings indicate that the results of surgery for non‐small‐cell carcinoma of the right middle lobe fall within the lower range of lung cancer generally.