BACKGROUND: Survival characteristics of @entity1 who have recurrent @entity1149 after surgical resection are not well understood. Little objective evidence exists to justify treatment for these @entity1 . METHODS: We prospectively followed 1,361 consecutive @entity1 with @entity1149 who underwent complete surgical resection at our institution from January 1997 to December 2001. Only @entity1 having recurrent @entity5 were included in the analysis. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were used to evaluate the effect of prognostic factors on postrecurrence survival. RESULTS: Follow-up was achieved in 1,073 @entity1 , and recurrent @entity5 developed in 445. Complete information was available on 390 @entity1 for analysis. There were 262 @entity1 and 128 @entity1 . Median age at time of recurrence was 69 years. Median time from surgical resection to recurrence was 11.5 months, and median postrecurrence survival was 8.1 months. Recurrence was intrathoracic in 171 @entity1 , extrathoracic in 172, and a combination of both in 47. Treatments after recurrence included surgery in 43 @entity1 , chemotherapy in 59, radiation in 73, and a combination in 96. All @entity1 who received treatment survived longer than those who received no treatment. Preoperative chemotherapy and postoperative radiotherapy for the primary @entity2 , poor Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status, decreased disease-free interval from initial resection to recurrence, symptoms at recurrence, and certain location of recurrence significantly decreased postrecurrence survival. CONCLUSIONS: In our experience, treatment for recurrent @entity1149 significantly prolongs survival. Various treatment modalities including surgery should be considered in @entity1 with postoperative recurrent @entity1149 .

Survival after recurrent XXXX after complete pulmonary resection.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'men'] @entity1149 :: ('MESH:D002289', 'Disease') :: ['nonsmall-cell lung cancer'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer'] @entity2 :: ('MESH:D008175', 'Disease') :: ['lung cancer']
@entity1149 :: (MESH:D002289,Disease) :: ['nonsmall-cell lung cancer']
