Prognostic Significance of the Highest Mediastinal Lymph Node Involvement in Patients with Stage III-N2 Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

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BACKGROUND: Highest mediastinal lymph node (HMLN) involvement is a category of uncertain resection, yet the prognostic significance of HMLN involvement remains controversial.

METHODS: A total of 486 patients with pathological stage III-N2 disease who underwent radical resection were enrolled from January 2015 to December 2018. Patients were allocated into two groups-HMLN involvement (219 cases) and HMLN-negative (249 cases) groups. Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox proportional hazard regression models were used to evaluate the impact of HMLN involvement on 5-year recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS).

RESULTS: The proportion of patients with multiple N2 diseases (72.1% vs. 23.7%; p < 0.001) and stage IIIA (87.2% vs. 77.5%; p < 0.009) were greater in the HMLN-involvement group than in the HMLN-negative group, and the survival rates of the HMLN-involvement group were significantly lower than those of the HMLN-negative group (RFS: 27.2% vs. 49.8%, p < 0.001; OS: 42.1% vs. 59.2%, p = 0.001). HMLN status was an independent factor for OS only (RFS: adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 1.26, 95% confidence interval CI 0.94-1.68; OS: aHR 1.45, 95% CI 1.07-1.99) in the entire stage III cohort. After stratification of patients according to stage, the involvement of HMLN decreased both RFS and OS in the stage IIIA group (RFS: aHR 1.46, 95% CI 1.06-2.02; OS: aHR 1.70, 95% CI 1.19-2.42); however, no such difference was observed within the stage IIIB group.

CONCLUSIONS: HMLN involvement is a prognostic factor of deteriorating survival in highly advanced N2 disease only in patients with stage IIIA.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Annals of surgical oncology - (2024) vom: 23. März

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Junhong [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Zhihua [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Bingji [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhe [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Nan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Junfeng [VerfasserIn]

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Highest mediastinal lymph node
Journal Article
Non-small cell lung cancer
Prognosis
Uncertain resection

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Date Revised 23.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1245/s10434-024-15184-1

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NLM370101413