X-L Hu1, S-T Xu2, X-C Wang1, D-N Hou1, C Bao1, D Yang3, Y-L Song1. 1. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China. 2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. 3. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China. yang.dong@zs-hospital.sh.cn.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Lung cancer patients with a previous extra-pulmonary malignancy have been widely discussed for their postoperative prognosis. Still, whether different types of previous extra-pulmonary malignancy confer different clinicopathological features and outcomes of lung cancer patients deserves further investigation. METHODS: The medical records of patients undergoing operation for pulmonary malignancy were retrospectively reviewed. After identifying primary lung cancer out of pulmonary metastasis in patients with a history of previous extra-pulmonary malignancy, clinicopathological parameters and postoperative prognosis were compared between lung cancer patients without and with different types of previous extra-pulmonary malignancy. RESULTS: Approximately, 5.0% lung cancer patients undergoing surgery had a previous extra-pulmonary malignancy. Prior breast cancer (20%) and colorectal cancer (16%) formed the majority of these previous extra-pulmonary malignancies. Many clinicopathological features such as reason for visit, tumor size and histological subtype were significantly different between lung cancer patients without and with different types of previous extra-pulmonary malignancy (P < 0.05). Lung cancer patients with a previous occurrence of breast cancer were the most different type from patients without a previous extra-pulmonary malignancy in clinicopathological features (P < 0.05). The postoperative overall survival was not significantly different between lung cancer patients without and with different types of previous extra-pulmonary malignancy (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Previous extra-pulmonary malignancy was confirmed to be harmless to postoperative prognosis of lung cancer patients. Lung cancer patients with a previous extra-pulmonary malignancy, especially with a previous occurrence of breast cancer, were highly heterogeneous in clinicopathological features. These findings implied there might be a unique etiology existing in lung cancer following a previous occurrence of breast cancer.
BACKGROUND:Lung cancerpatients with a previous extra-pulmonary malignancy have been widely discussed for their postoperative prognosis. Still, whether different types of previous extra-pulmonary malignancy confer different clinicopathological features and outcomes of lung cancerpatients deserves further investigation. METHODS: The medical records of patients undergoing operation for pulmonary malignancy were retrospectively reviewed. After identifying primary lung cancer out of pulmonary metastasis in patients with a history of previous extra-pulmonary malignancy, clinicopathological parameters and postoperative prognosis were compared between lung cancerpatients without and with different types of previous extra-pulmonary malignancy. RESULTS: Approximately, 5.0% lung cancerpatients undergoing surgery had a previous extra-pulmonary malignancy. Prior breast cancer (20%) and colorectal cancer (16%) formed the majority of these previous extra-pulmonary malignancies. Many clinicopathological features such as reason for visit, tumor size and histological subtype were significantly different between lung cancerpatients without and with different types of previous extra-pulmonary malignancy (P < 0.05). Lung cancerpatients with a previous occurrence of breast cancer were the most different type from patients without a previous extra-pulmonary malignancy in clinicopathological features (P < 0.05). The postoperative overall survival was not significantly different between lung cancerpatients without and with different types of previous extra-pulmonary malignancy (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Previous extra-pulmonary malignancy was confirmed to be harmless to postoperative prognosis of lung cancerpatients. Lung cancerpatients with a previous extra-pulmonary malignancy, especially with a previous occurrence of breast cancer, were highly heterogeneous in clinicopathological features. These findings implied there might be a unique etiology existing in lung cancer following a previous occurrence of breast cancer.
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Clinicopathological feature; Extra-pulmonary malignancy; Lung cancer; Surgery
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