ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2026
Reassessing perioperative risks: impact of neoadjuvant therapy on mortality in pneumonectomy.
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Background: The INT0139 trial [2009] raised concerns about the safety of pneumonectomy after chemoradiation due to high perioperative mortality rates. Recent clinical trials have supported the use of neoadjuvant treatment as a viable option for stage Ib or greater lung cancer. We hypothesized that neoadjuvant treatment does not increase perioperative mortality risk in patients undergoing pneumonectomy. Methods: Adult patients with nonmetastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) from the 2004-2021 National Cancer Database undergoing pneumonectomy were analyzed in a retrospective cohort study. Exclusions included missing study variables, non-adenocarcinoma/squamous histology and pneumonectomy after neoadjuvant radiation alone. Multivariate logistic regression analyzed 30- and 90-day mortality and included laterality and neoadjuvant treatment interactions. Results: Of 14,522 patients, 58.6% underwent right pneumonectomy and 41.4% underwent left pneumonectomy. Neoadjuvant treatment was received by 14.9% (systemic therapy alone: 1,008; systemic therapy + radiation: 1,156). The 90-day mortality was higher for right versus left pneumonectomy (17.2% Conclusions: This analysis reiterates known elevated risk associated with right pneumonectomy but disputes the dogma that neoadjuvant treatment increases the risk of pneumonectomy, suggesting that neoadjuvant treatment is not a contraindication to receipt of pneumonectomy.
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