Impact of free tumor clusters on prognosis after resection of pulmonary adenocarcinoma

• Published in: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 152; no. 1; pp. 64 - 72.e1
• Main Authors: Morimoto, Junichi, Nakajima, Takahiro, Suzuki, Hidemi, Nagato, Kaoru, Iwata, Takekazu, Yoshida, Shigetoshi, Fukuyo, Masaki, Ota, Satoshi, Nakatani, Yukio, Yoshino, Ichiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2016
• Subjects: adenocarcinoma; Adenocarcinoma - pathology; Adenocarcinoma - surgery; Adenocarcinoma of Lung; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Female; free tumor cluster; Humans; Lung Neoplasms - pathology; Lung Neoplasms - surgery; Male; micropapillary pattern; Middle Aged; non–small cell lung cancer; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; RR; micropapillary pattern; MPC; FTC; STAS; CI; non–small cell lung cancer; free tumor cluster; adenocarcinoma; non-small cell lung cancer; Pathological assessment of the primary tumor; Pathological vascular invasion; Micropapillary component; Pathological lymphatic invasion; p-Pl; p-N; Pathological pleural invasion; Pathological assessment of the regional lymph nodes; p-T; p-V; p-Ly

Pulmonary adenocarcinoma with a micropapillary component (MPC) has aggressive malignant behavior even if resectable. The aim of this study was to determine clinicopathologic features of patients who underwent surgery for pulmonary adenocarcinoma harboring MPCs, with particular focus on coexistent fr...