• Aritoshi Hattori, Takeshi Matsunaga, Mariko Fukui, Hisashi Tomita, Kazuya Takamochi, and Kenji Suzuki.
• Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: ahattori@juntendo.ac.jp.
• J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2024 Sep 1; 168 (3): 685696.e2685-696.e2.

ObjectivesWe evaluated the clinicopathological and oncological characteristics of epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated clinical stage IA radiological pure-solid lung adenocarcinoma and compared them with those of a ground-glass opacity component.MethodsBetween 2008 and 2020, data from 1014 surgically resected clinical stage 0-IA epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated lung adenocarcinomas were evaluated. Oncological outcomes were assessed using multivariable analysis. Overall survival was estimated using Kaplan-Meier analysis and the log-rank test. The cumulative incidence of recurrence was estimated using the Gray's test.ResultsOf these, 233 (23%) were radiologically pure-solid tumors, which demonstrated a higher proportion of nodal metastasis, micropapillary component, spread through alveolar space, and Ex19 subtype compared with those of tumors with ground-glass opacity (P < .001). Multivariable analysis revealed that the presence of ground-glass opacity was an independently significant factor for overall survival (P = .037) and cumulative incidence of recurrence (P < .001). In cases where the oncological outcomes were stratified by the presence of ground-glass opacity component, the 5-year overall survival was excellent at more than 90% in tumors with ground-glass opacity despite clinical-T categories (P = .2044); however, tumor size significantly affected survival only in pure-solid tumors (T1a, 100%; T1b, 77.7%; T1c, 68.5%; P = .0056). Furthermore, the cumulative incidence of recurrence was low in tumors with ground-glass opacity despite the clinical-T categories, whereas tumor size significantly affected the cumulative incidence of recurrence only in pure-solid tumors (5-year cumulative incidence of recurrence: T1a-b, 18.9%; T1c, 41.3%; P < .001).ConclusionsOncologic behavior and prognosis of radiologically pure-solid tumors were significantly poorer than those of tumors with ground-glass opacity among patients with epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated early-stage lung adenocarcinoma. These findings imply distinct tumorigenesis based on the presence of ground-glass opacity, even in tumors with epidermal growth factor receptor mutations.Copyright © 2023 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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