Role of visceral pleural invasion and tumor sizing at CT of resected NSCLC in clinical-radiological and pathological T agreement

OBJECTIVE: To describe in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) the impact of visceral pleural invasion (VPI) and of tumor sizing assessed at computed tomography (CT) on the agreement between clinical-radiological and pathological T staging and its prognostic value.

METHODS: Patients affected by NSCLC treated by surgery in the period from January 2017 to September 2020 were retrospectively evaluated. Exclusion criteria were: (1) baseline CT not performed in our hospital; (2) failure of software segmentation at CT of the primary lesion. Clinical-radiological T (cT) was assessed at baseline CT, evaluating in particular T size by semi-automatic tool and VPI (cVPI) visually. Pathological T (pT) and VPI (pVPI) were recorded by pathological report and obtained after formalin-fixation and eventual elastic stain on surgical specimen. The agreement between cT and pT was evaluated by calculating the weighted kappa by Cohen (κw); the association between progression free survival (PFS) with both cT and pT was assessed by the Cox regression analysis.

RESULTS: The study included 84 NSCLC in 82 patients (median age 71 years, IQR 63-76 years; females 22/82, 27%). The agreement between cT and pT was poor (κw 0.302, 95%CI 0.158-0.447). The main causes of disagreement were CT oversizing (21%) and false positive cVPI (29%). A significant association was found between PFS and pT2-T3 (HR 2.75, 95%CI 1.21-6.25, p=0.015) but not with cT2-T3 (not retained in the model).

CONCLUSIONS: False positive cVPI and oversizing at CT are causes of disagreement between cT and pT in around one-third of resected NSCLC. PFS was significantly associated with pT but not with cT.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:109

Enthalten in:

Tumori - 109(2023), 2 vom: 26. Apr., Seite 215-223

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Colombi, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Petrini, Marcello [VerfasserIn]
Rapacioli, Fausto [VerfasserIn]
Bodini, Flavio C [VerfasserIn]
Chiesa, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Franco, Cosimo [VerfasserIn]
Citterio, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Cavanna, Luigi [VerfasserIn]
Zangrandi, Adriano [VerfasserIn]
Sverzellati, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Michieletti, Emanuele [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Accuracy
Dimensional measurement
Journal Article
Non-small cell lung cancer
Partial pneumonectomy
TNM staging
Visceral pleura

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Date Completed 04.04.2023

Date Revised 04.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/03008916221083702

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM338715851