1. What has changed in the surgical treatment strategies of non-small cell lung cancer in twenty years? A single centre experience
- Author
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Ahmet Üçvet, Serkan Yazgan, and Soner Gürsoy
- Subjects
Lung cancer surgery ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,medicine.disease ,Single Center ,Surgery ,Pneumonectomy ,Bilobectomy ,medicine ,Adenocarcinoma ,Histopathology ,business ,Survival rate ,Cohort study - Abstract
OBJECTIVES Nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a multifactorial disease, and differences in the characteristics of surgical patients may develop over the years. This study aimed to evaluate the patients who underwent curative surgical resection for NSCLC in the past 20 years at our center and analyze the changes in the treatment strategies based on demographics, surgical strategies, and histopathology. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this retrospective single-center cohort study, 1995 patients who had undergone lobectomy, bilobectomy, or pneumonectomy for primary NSCLC from January 1997 to January 2017 were analyzed. Patients were divided into two groups: Group I included patients operated in the first 10 years and Group II included patients operated in the last 10 years. RESULTS Overall, 77% of patients were operated in the last 10 years (458 vs. 1537 patients). Sleeve lobectomies performed in Group II reduced the rate of pneumonectomy from 37% to 20% (p
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- 2020