INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE AND CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDIES, vol.3, no.9, pp.1849-1856, 2023 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Background: Despite being the second most frequent malignancy, lung cancer is the main reason for cancer-related fatalities. In this study, patients who underwent surgery for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and received adjuvant chemoradiotherapy will be evaluated.
Patients and Methods: The data of 123 eligible patients who were operated with the diagnosis of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer between 2000 and 2020 and who were treated with adjuvant chemoradiotherapy were retrospectively analyzed.
Results: Of the 123 patients that were included in the study, 111 (90%) were males and 12 (10%) were females. The mean age was 62.11±8.92 (range:33-77) years. According to histological types, 65 (53%) patients were squamous cell carcinoma, 54 (44%) patients were adenocarcinoma and 4 (3%) patients were large cell carcinoma. Fifty-nine (48%) patients had undergone right lobectomy, 43 (35%) patients left lobectomy, 7 (6%) patients right pneumonectomy and 14 (11%) patients had left pneumonectomy. Mean OS time of all patients was 63.34±5.98 (51.62-75.07) months. One, 2, 3 and 5-year survival rates were 89.9%, 66.9%, 56.3% and 40.9%, respectively. There was a significant correlation between the T stage (p=0.05) of the disease and the chemotherapy protocol (p=0.046) and survival.
Conclusion: Complete surgical resection remains the most effective treatment for patients with operable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. The high risks of distant recurrence brought on by the presence of metastatic disease that went unnoticed prior to surgery, however, restrict the effectiveness of surgical resection. Therefore, postoperative chemoradiotherapy employing constrained areas and contemporary approaches can be advantageous.