Real-life long-term outcomes of upfront surgery in patients with resectable stage I-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer

• Published in: Radiology and oncology Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 346 - 354
• Main Authors: Bitenc, Marko, Cufer, Tanja, Kern, Izidor, Miklavcic, Martina, Petrovic, Sabrina, Groznik, Vida, Sadikov, Aleksander
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Poland Sciendo 14.08.2022; De Gruyter Poland
• Subjects: Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - drug therapy; Health services; Humans; Lung cancer; Lung Neoplasms - drug therapy; Metastases; Neoplasm Staging; Non-small cell lung carcinoma; overall survival; Patients; Prognosis; prognostic factors; Prospective Studies; real-life data; Regression analysis; resectable NSCLC; Small cell lung carcinoma; Surgery; Thorax; Tumors; upfront surgery; overall survival; resectable NSCLC; upfront surgery; prognostic factors; real-life data

Treatment of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is rapidly evolving. When introducing novelties, real-life data on effectiveness of currently used treatment strategies are needed. The present study evaluated outcomes of stage I-IIIA NSCLC patients treated with upfront radical surgery in...