Naslov
Staging in untreated patients with small cell lung cancer

Autori
Vrdoljak, Eduard ; Mise, K. ; Sapunar, Damir ; Rozga, Ante ; Marušić, Matko

Izvornik
Neoplasma (0028-2685) 48 (2001), 2; 154-156

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
small cell lung cancer; stage; survival; tnm classification

Sažetak
In order to describe the real biological behavior of the small-cell lung cancer we have analyzed survival rates of 66 patients with small-cell lung cancer who did not receive any specific anti cancer therapy. Also, objective of this study was to evaluate the staging system of the small-cell lung cancer. Untreated small-cell lung cancer patients with limited stage disease had statistically significant (p < 0.05) better survival rates in comparison to patients with extensive stage disease. T and N factor of the TNM classification did not influence the survival in untreated small-cell lung cancer patients. It appears that the TNM staging system is not predicting survival probabilities of untreated patients with small-cell lung cancer, while the two-stage system appeared very well based on survival probabilities of these patients.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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