BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The incidence of young non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) annually increases. The aim of this study is to analyze the clinical pathological characteristics of young (less than 40 years old) NSCLC patients. METHODS: The data of 102 young NSCLC were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS: Among the 102 patients, 43.1% were women and 29.4% were smokers. The male-to-female ratio was 1.32:1. The most frequent histologic type was adenocarcinoma (77.5%). Tumor differentiation was mostly poor (64.1%), and 87.8% had stages IIIb and IV diseases. The median recurrence time of 6 patients who had tumor resection was 13.5 months. The objective response rate (ORR) of 87 patients who received first-line chemotherapy was 46.0%, the disease control rate (DCR) was 79.3%, and the median time to progression (TTP) was 5.0 months. The ORR of 38 patients who received epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKI) therapy was 40.0%, with a DCR of 65.7% and a median TTP of 5.5 months. The DCR of 12 patients who received EGFR-TKI twice or more times was 66.7%, with a median TTP of 3.0 months. CONCLUSIONS: The time from the first presenting symptom until diagnosis was usually long. The female proportion presented an upward trend and the correlation became attenuated between young NSCLC patients and smoking. Most of the young NSCLC patients had adenocarcinoma and poor tumor differentiation. Multidisciplinary and systematic therapies were needed to improve the poor prognosis of the young NSCLC patients.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The incidence of young non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) annually increases. The aim of this study is to analyze the clinical pathological characteristics of young (less than 40 years old) NSCLCpatients. METHODS: The data of 102 young NSCLC were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS: Among the 102 patients, 43.1% were women and 29.4% were smokers. The male-to-female ratio was 1.32:1. The most frequent histologic type was adenocarcinoma (77.5%). Tumor differentiation was mostly poor (64.1%), and 87.8% had stages IIIb and IV diseases. The median recurrence time of 6 patients who had tumor resection was 13.5 months. The objective response rate (ORR) of 87 patients who received first-line chemotherapy was 46.0%, the disease control rate (DCR) was 79.3%, and the median time to progression (TTP) was 5.0 months. The ORR of 38 patients who received epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKI) therapy was 40.0%, with a DCR of 65.7% and a median TTP of 5.5 months. The DCR of 12 patients who received EGFR-TKI twice or more times was 66.7%, with a median TTP of 3.0 months. CONCLUSIONS: The time from the first presenting symptom until diagnosis was usually long. The female proportion presented an upward trend and the correlation became attenuated between young NSCLCpatients and smoking. Most of the young NSCLCpatients had adenocarcinoma and poor tumor differentiation. Multidisciplinary and systematic therapies were needed to improve the poor prognosis of the young NSCLCpatients.
Characteristics of 102 young non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients
Characteristic
n(%)
ECOG PS: Eastern Cooperation Oncology Group performance status.
Gender
Male
58 (56.9)
Female
44 (43.1)
Smoking status
Former and current
30 (29.4)
Never
72 (70.6)
ECOG PS status
0-1
90 (88.2)
≥2
12 (11.8)
Weight loss
≥5%
16 (15.7)
< 5%
86 (84.3)
Complication
With complication
9 (8.8)
Without complication
93 (91.2)
Presenting symptoms
Cough
34 (33.3)
Pain
22 (21.6)
Nausea
11 (10.8)
Superficial tumor
9 (8.8)
Fever
7 (6.9)
Physical examination
7 (6.9)
Trachyphonia
4 (3.9)
102例青年非小细胞肺癌患者一般特征Characteristics of 102 young non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients患者初始发病症状以咳嗽及骨痛最为多见,肺外全身症状以骨痛(21.6%, 22/102)、转移淋巴结或皮下转移结节(8.8%, 9/102)及发热(6.9%, 7/102)为主,6.9%患者因体检发现肺内占位而就诊,发病时同时有2个或以上症状的患者占30.3%(31/102)。患者自出现初始临床症状至确诊时间为7天-52个月,中位确诊时间为2.5个月。20例患者首次就诊时被误诊,延误治疗时间为0.5个月-12个月,主要误诊原因为肺炎或支气管炎(10例)、肺结核或结核性胸膜炎(7例)、恶性淋巴瘤(1例)、软骨炎(1例)、中耳炎(1例)。
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