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ABSTRACT: Background
We investigated the clinical features and surgical outcomes of lung adenocarcinoma with minimal solid or micropapillary (S/MP) components, with a focus on stage IA.Methods
We enrolled 506 patients with lung adenocarcinoma who underwent curative resection in this study. Clinical features and surgical outcomes were compared between the groups with and without the S/MP subtype (S/MP+ and S/MP-, respectively), and between the group with an S/MP proportion of ?5% (S/MP5) and the S/MP-.Results
The S/MP subtype was present in 247 patients (48.8%); 129 (25.5%) were grouped as the S/MP5 group. The S/MP+ and S/MP5 groups had larger tumors, higher frequency of lymph node metastasis, and more advanced stages of disease than the S/MP- group (P?ConclusionsThe presence of the minimal S/MP component was a significant predictor of poor prognosis after surgery, even in stage IA patients. Clinical trials to evaluate the advantages of adjuvant chemotherapy for this subset of patients and further investigations to understand underlying biological mechanisms of poor prognosis are needed.Key points
Significant findings of the study: We demonstrated that only minimal presence of solid or micropapillary component was profoundly associated with aggressive clinicopathological features and poor prognosis after complete resection even in stage IA lung adenocarcinoma.What this study adds
Our results suggest that minimal presence of these subtypes is a strong prognostic factor which should be taken into account in the risk assessment for adjuvant chemotherapy in lung adenocarcinoma.
SUBMITTER: Choi SH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7812076 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Choi Sun Ha SH Jeong Ji Yun JY Lee Shin Yup SY Shin Kyung Min KM Jeong Shin Young SY Park Tae-In TI Do Young Woo YW Lee Eung Bae EB Seok Yangki Y Lee Won Kee WK Park Ji Eun JE Park Sunji S Lee Yong Hoon YH Seo Hyewon H Yoo Seung Soo SS Lee Jaehee J Cha Seung-Ick SI Kim Chang Ho CH Park Jae Yong JY
Thoracic cancer 20201124 2
<h4>Background</h4>We investigated the clinical features and surgical outcomes of lung adenocarcinoma with minimal solid or micropapillary (S/MP) components, with a focus on stage IA.<h4>Methods</h4>We enrolled 506 patients with lung adenocarcinoma who underwent curative resection in this study. Clinical features and surgical outcomes were compared between the groups with and without the S/MP subtype (S/MP+ and S/MP-, respectively), and between the group with an S/MP proportion of ≤5% (S/MP5) an ...[more]