• Department of Thoracic Surgery, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, P. R. China;
LIUDe-ruo, Email: deruoliu@vip.sina.com
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Objective To evaluate the prognostic significance of postoperative metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 94 patients who underwent curative lobectomy and pathologically diagnosed with NSCLC in our hospital between January 2005 and December 2011. There were 53 males and 41 females with a mean age of 62 (57-76) years. Results Among 94 patients, metastasis occurred during late stage (more than 2 years postoperatively) in 49 (52.12%) patients. Single organ metastasis and multiple organ metastasis were found in 85 (90.43%) patients. The most popular metastatic site was lung (38/94,40.42%), and then bone (27/94,28.72%), and brain (24/94,25.53%). The overall survival (OS) rate of all included patients was 41.5%. The median survival time was 43 months and 29 months for the single metastasis and multiple metastasis groups respectively. There was a statistical difference in OS rate between the single metastasis and multiple metastasis groups (45.9% vs. 0.0%, P<0.001). The median survival time was 50 months and 32 months for early metastatic patients and late metastatic patients respectively. Statistical difference was found in OS rate between the single metastasis and multiple metastasis groups (53.3% vs. 30.6%, Cox P=0.130, Breslow P=0.014). Cox regression showed TNM stage (P=0.003) and single organ metastasis (P<0.001) were significant prognostic factors for NSCLC. Conclusion Lung, bone, and brain were the most popular metastatic organs for postoperative NSCLC. The presence of multiple organ metastases can be identified as an independent poor prognostic factor in NSCLC.

Citation: ZHANGZhen-rong, FENGHong-xiang, GUOYong-qing, SHIBin, SONGZhi-yi, TIANYan-chu, LIANGChao-yang, LIUDe-ruo. Relationship between Multiple Organ Metastasis and Prognosis for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2016, 23(12): 1123-1127. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.20160264 Copy

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