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ArticleTurk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi2022

Comparative evaluation of staging algorithms proven N2 non-small cell lung cancer treated by lung resection after neoadjuvant therapy.

Özgür İşgörücü, Necati Çıtak, Barış Açıkmeşe, Neslihan Akalın Fener, Songül Büyükkale, Adnan Sayar

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Özgür İşgörücüDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Yedikule Chest and Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Necati ÇıtakDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Yedikule Chest and Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Barış AçıkmeşeDepartment of Chest Diseases, University of Health Sciences, Yedikule Chest and Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Neslihan Akalın FenerDepartment of Chest Diseases, University of Health Sciences, Yedikule Chest and Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Songül BüyükkaleDepartment of Pathology, Yedikule Chest and Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Adnan SayarDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Private Memorial Hospital Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi · TRIstanbul Memorial Hospital · TRYedikule Teaching Hospital · TR

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Abstract

Background: In this study, we aimed to compare the performances of clinical methods, minimally invasive methods, mediastinoscopy, and re-mediastinoscopy used in the restaging of patients receiving neoadjuvant therapy for pathologically proven N2. Our secondary objective was to determine the most optimal algorithm for initial staging and restaging after neoadjuvant therapy. Methods: Between April 2003 and August 2017, a total of 105 patients (99 males, 6 females; mean age: 54.5±8.2 years; range, 27 to 73 years) who were diagnosed with pathologically proven Stage 3A-B N2 non-small cell lung cancer and received neoadjuvant therapy and subsequently lung resection were retrospectively analyzed. Staging algorithm groups (Group 1=first mediastinoscopy-second clinic, Group 2=first mediastinoscopy-second minimally invasive, Group 3=first mediastinoscopy-second re-mediastinoscopy, and Group 4=first minimally invasive-second mediastinoscopy) were created and compared. Results: In the first stage, N2 diagnosis was made in 90 patients by mediastinoscopy and in 15 patients by minimally invasive method. In the second stage, 44 patients were restaged by the clinical method, 23 by the minimally invasive method, 23 by re-mediastinoscopy, and 15 by mediastinoscopy. The false negativity rates of Groups 1, 2, 3, and 4 were 27.2%, 26.1%, 21.8%, and 13.3%, respectively. The most reliable staging algorithm was found to be the minimally invasive method in the first step and mediastinoscopy in the second step. The mean overall five-year survival rate was 46.3±4.4%, and downstaging in lymph node involvement was found to have a favorable effect on survival (54.3% vs. 21.8%, respectively; p=0.003). Conclusion: The staging method to be chosen before and after neoadjuvant therapy is critical in the treatment of Stage 3A-B N2 non-small cell lung cancer. In re-mediastinoscopy, the rate of false negativity increases due to technical difficulties and insufficient sampling. As the most optimal staging algorithm, the minimally invasive method is recommended in the first step and mediastinoscopy in the second step.

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downstagingNeoadjuvant therapynon-small lung cancerradiotherapysurgery

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