Characteristics and timing of recurrence during postoperative surveillance after curative resection for lung adenocarcinoma

• Published in: Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Vol. 47; no. 12; pp. 1469 - 1475
• Main Authors: Koike, Terumoto, Goto, Tatsuya, Kitahara, Akihiko, Sato, Seijiro, Saitoh, Masayuki, Hashimoto, Takehisa, Namura, Osamu, Takahashi, Masashi, Toyabe, Shin-ichi, Tsuchida, Masanori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.12.2017
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma - diagnostic imaging; Adenocarcinoma - pathology; Adenocarcinoma - surgery; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid - cytology; Epidemiological Monitoring; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Lung Neoplasms - pathology; Lung Neoplasms - surgery; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - epidemiology; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - prevention & control; Neoplasm Staging; Original Article; Pleura - pathology; Postoperative Period; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Time Factors; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Postoperative surveillance; Lung adenocarcinoma; Postoperative follow-up; Postoperative recurrence; Non-small cell lung cancer

Purpose To establish the most effective methods of postoperative surveillance to detect early recurrence of lung adenocarcinoma. Methods The subjects of this retrospective study were 485 patients with p-stage I–III lung adenocarcinoma, who underwent postoperative surveillance. We examined the sites...