Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 4 , Pages 157-161, April 2006

En Bloc Resection for Lung Cancer with Chest Wall Invasion

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 21 September 2005; accepted 13 March 2006.

Article Outline

Background

The aim of this study was to retrospectively assess the results of en bloc chest wall plus lung resection for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) invading the chest wall.

Methods

From January 1986 to December 2000, of 1,820 patients having surgery for NSCLC, 42 (2.3%) patients with neoplasms involving the chest wall underwent en bloc chest wall and lung resection. Patient demographics, preoperative symptoms, operative procedures, tumor cell type and size, removed nodal status, and pathologic stage were summarized. The 5-year survival rates of the groups were compared.

Results

Postoperative staging revealed 28 were T3N0M0, 4 were T3N1M0, and 10 were T3N2M0. The in-hospital mortality rate was 11.9% (5/42). The mean age was 79.0 ± 2.8 years in the patients who died of complications, which was significantly older than the mean age of 67.9 ± 8.1 years in the patients who survived the surgery (p = 0.005). The overall 5-year survival was 28.4%. The 5-year survival was significantly longer in the patients with negative (N0) nodal metastasis than in those with N1 and/or N2 nodal metastasis (39.6% versus 7.1%, p = 0.01). Eleven patients had tumor involvement of the parietal pleura. Thirty-one patients had tumor involvement of the soft tissue and/or bone. There was no significant difference of 5-year survival rate between the patients with involvement of the parietal pleura only and the patients with involvement of the parietal pleura and the soft tissue and/or bone (10.9% versus 33.5%, p = 0.94).

Conclusion

En bloc resection for bronchogenic carcinoma invading the chest wall provides a favorable prognosis in cases without nodal metastasis. Significant postoperative mortality is associated with old age (> 80 years). The 5-year survival rate is not significantly different between the patients with involvement of the parietal pleura only and the patients with involvement of the parietal pleura and the soft tissue and/or bone.

Key Words:  chest wall , en bloc resection , lung neoplasm

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doi:10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70197-2

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 4 , Pages 157-161, April 2006

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