OBJECTIVE: To asses the incidence of local recurrence and distant @entity3 after complete resection for @entity5 in order to predict the predominant prognostic factors. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 123 @entity1 with @entity5 who underwent curative resection over a 2-year period between January 1987 and December 1988. There were 83 male and 40 female @entity1 with a mean age of 64.8 +/- 12 years (range between 39 and 82 years). Multivariate analysis of prognostic factors for long term survival was undertaken. RESULTS: T1N0 lesions were found in 34 @entity1 and T2N0 in 89. The histological diagnosis was @entity957 in 75, @entity420 in 38, @entity152 in 6 and @entity4153 in 4 @entity1 . Pneumonectomy was performed in 27 @entity1 (5 T1 and 22 T2) while 96 required lobectomy (29 T1 and 67 T2). At 5 years 50 @entity1 died. This was due to local recurrence in 12, distant @entity3 in 24, second primary in 1, unrelated disease in 3, while the cause was unknown in 10 @entity1 . At 5 years, 10 @entity1 were alive with evidence of recurrence. The mean interval for local recurrence was 19.8 months and for distant @entity3 was 18 months. The overall 5 year survival was 67% +/- 4 for T1 and 56% +/- 5 for T2 lesions (NS). The rate of recurrence was significantly less for T1 lesions (P = 0.02). Survival was significantly less for @entity1 requiring pneumonectomy rather than lobectomy (P = 0.01) whether for T1 or T2. CONCLUSION: In @entity5 T2 lesions requiring pneumonectomy for complete resection had a worse prognosis and higher incidence of local recurrence.

Disease recurrence after resection for XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity4153 :: ('MESH:D018288', 'Disease') :: ['small cell carcinoma'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['stage I lung cancer'] @entity957 :: ('MESH:D002294', 'Disease') :: ['Squamous carcinoma'] @entity152 :: ('MESH:D018287', 'Disease') :: ['large cell carcinoma'] @entity3 :: ('MESH:D009362', 'Disease') :: ['metastasis', 'metastases'] @entity420 :: ('MESH:D000230', 'Disease') :: ['Adenocarcinoma']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['stage I lung cancer']
