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SUBMITTER: Lee HW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483476 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Hyun Woo HW Park Young Sik YS Park Sangshin S Lee Chang-Hoon CH
Scientific reports 20200910 1
It is controversial whether a tumor located in the lower lobe is related with worse outcome of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study aimed to clarify the prognostic role of primary tumor location in NSCLC. Patients newly diagnosed with NSCLC in a tertiary referral hospital from January 2011 to December 2014 were followed up for 5 years. Of the 2,289 NSCLC cases, 911 (39.8%) cases pertained to lower lobe cancers. Patients with lower lobe cancer showed a higher all-cause mortality rate th ...[more]