• J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Jul 2013

    Multicenter Study

    Radiographically determined noninvasive adenocarcinoma of the lung: survival outcomes of Japan Clinical Oncology Group 0201.

    • Hisao Asamura, Tomoyuki Hishida, Kenji Suzuki, Teruaki Koike, Kenichi Nakamura, Masahiko Kusumoto, Kanji Nagai, Hirohito Tada, Tetsuya Mitsudomi, Masahiro Tsuboi, Taro Shibata, Haruhiko Fukuda, and Japan Clinical Oncology Group Lung Cancer Surgical Study Group.
    • National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. hasamura@ncc.go.jp
    • J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2013 Jul 1; 146 (1): 24-30.

    ObjectiveThe study objective was to evaluate the long-term survival of patients with radiographically determined noninvasive lung adenocarcinomas.MethodsA prospective, multi-institutional study on image diagnosis to define early (noninvasive) adenocarcinomas of the lung (Japan Clinical Oncology Group 0201) has shown that a consolidation/tumor ratio on thin-section computed tomography 0.25 or less in cT1a (≤2.0 cm) could be used as a better radiologic criterion for a noninvasive pathology than a consolidation/tumor ratio 0.50 or less in cT1a-b (≤3.0 cm). From the prognostic viewpoints, these criteria were evaluated for 545 patients with adenocarcinoma who underwent lobectomy and lymph node dissection.ResultsThe subjects consisted of 233 men and 312 women with a median age of 62 years. The median follow-up period among overall patients was 7.1 years (range, 0-8.5 years). The overall and relapse-free 5-year survivals of the overall patients were 90.6% and 84.7%, respectively. When a consolidation/tumor ratio 0.5 or less in cT1a-b was used as a cutoff, the 5-year overall survivals of radiologic noninvasive (121 patients, 22.2%) and invasive (424 patients, 77.8%) adenocarcinomas were 96.7% and 88.9%, respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (P < .001, log-rank test). With the use of a consolidation/tumor ratio 0.25 or less in cT1a, the 5-year overall survivals of radiologic noninvasive (35 patients, 12.1%) and invasive (254 patients, 87.9%) adenocarcinomas were 97.1% and 92.4%, respectively, and the difference was not statistically significant (P = .259).ConclusionsThe radiologic criteria of a consolidation/tumor ratio 0.25 or less in cT1a (≤2.0 cm) and 0.50 in cT1a-b (≤3.0 cm) were both able to define a homogeneous group of patients with an excellent prognosis before surgery.Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.

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