Open AccessImpact of the favorable prognosis of patients with lung cancer adjoining bullae
Author(s) -
Shuichi Shinohara,
Masakazu Sugaya,
Takamitsu Onitsuka,
Kazuhiko Machida,
Masaki Matsuo,
Kazuo Kato,
Fumihiro Tanaka
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.05.125
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , lung , overall survival , resection , oncology , surgery , pathology
Lung cancer adjoining bullae (LC-AB) is an uncommon manifestation. The clinical characteristics and prognosis of LC-AB remain unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical features and overall survival (OS) of patients with LC-AB following lung resection compared to non-LC-AB group.