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    OA01 - Risk Assessment and Follow up in Surgical Patients (ID 371)

    • Event: WCLC 2016
    • Type: Oral Session
    • Track: Surgery
    • Presentations: 1
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      OA01.05 - The Impact of Lung Age on Postoperative Complications in Patients with Lung Cancer Combined with Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema (ID 4319)

      11:00 - 12:30  |  Author(s): H. Yamazaki

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      Background:
      Postoperative complications after pulmonary resection may cause morbidities such as prolonged hospitalization. Recently, combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) have reportedly been linked to a high risk for postoperative complications following lung cancer surgery. Moreover, some studies have claimed that lung age (LA) is associated with postoperative complications. Here we clarify the relationship between LA and postoperative complications in lung cancer patients with CPFE.

      Methods:
      Among a total of 1166 consecutive patients who underwent curative resection for lung cancer from January 2004 to April 2016 at the Kitasato University Hospital, Japan, a dataset of 36 patients with CPFE was retrospectively analyzed. Lungs with CPFE were defined based on preoperative chest computed tomography (CT) findings. LA was determined using the methods advocated by the Japanese Respiratory Society. The difference between “real age” (RA) and LA was calculated as “RA−LA,” and patients were classified into three groups: group A, RA−LA > 0 (n = 10); group B, −15 ≤ RA−LA ≤ 0 (n = 13); group C, RA−LA < −15 (n = 13).

      Results:
      The average age was 70 (males, 69.1; females, 73.2) years. Thirty two patients were male and four were female. Almost all patients were ex- or current smokers. The average postoperative hospital stay was 16 (range, 7–56) days. There were no significant differences in age, gender, smoking history, and postoperative hospital stay among the three groups. The surgical procedures were lobectomy (n = 29), segmentectomy (n = 2), and wedge resection (n = 5). Histologically, the tumors were squamous cell carcinoma (n = 22), adenocarcinoma (n = 9), and other types (n = 4). Postoperative complications were arrhythmia (4 cases), hypertension (4 cases), air leakage (3 cases), pneumonia (5 cases), hypoxemia (3 cases), and others (5 cases). There were no significant differences in postoperative complications among the groups (p = 0.69). However, cardiovascular complications in group C were significantly higher than those in the other groups (p = 0.008). There were 26 patients with postoperative acute exacerbation, but there were no significant differences among the groups.

      Conclusion:
      LA accurately predicted postoperative cardiovascular complications in lung cancer patients with CPFE.

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    P1.05 - Poster Session with Presenters Present (ID 457)

    • Event: WCLC 2016
    • Type: Poster Presenters Present
    • Track: Early Stage NSCLC
    • Presentations: 1
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      P1.05-066 - Impact of Micropapillary Pattern in Nodal Upstaging of Lung Adenocarcinoma 2cm or Less (ID 5189)

      14:30 - 15:45  |  Author(s): H. Yamazaki

      • Abstract

      Background:
      Clinical and pathological determinations of lymph node staging are critical in the treatment of lung cancer. However, upstaging of nodal status frequently is necessitated by postoperative findings. It is now being recognized that lung adenocarcinoma (LAC) with tumor cells arranged in a micropapillary pattern (MPP) is more malignant than those without such pattern. Thus, this study was conducted to evaluate clinicopathologic features that impact nodal upstaging in patients with small-sized(≦2cm) LACs with MPP(LAC-MPP).

      Methods:
      We retrospectively reviewed the 182 radically resected lung adenocarcinomas at the Kitasato University Hospital, Japan, from January 2005 to December 2015. MPP was defined as a small papillary tumor cell tuft without an obvious fibrovascular core. Tumors with ≧1% of their tumor cells arranged in a MPP were diagnosed as LAC-MPP, while the remainders were diagnosed as conventional LAC. The histological subtypes and differentiation grade of LAC were determined according to the 4th WHO classification. The registry date of the patients with LAC and LAC-MPP were analyzed, and the clinicopathologic profiles and surgical outcomes of the patients were evaluated.

      Results:
      One hundred and sixty (88%) of the total 182 were LAC whereas 22(12%) were LAC-MPP. Among the two groups, there is no significant difference in age, sex, smoking habit, preoperative serum CEA level, or surgical procedures. Compared with the LAC, the LAC-MPP had worse statuses for lymphatic invasion (p=0.0096), pleural invasion (p=0.002), postoperative lymph node metastases (p<0.001) and postoperative recurrence (p=0.002). On the other hand in clinical stages, pleural lavage cytology, and postoperative stages, there is not significant deference statistically. Median follow up time was 48 months. The five-year overall survival rates were 92% in LAC group and 85% in LAC-MPP, statistically not significant deference (p=0.98). Also with regarding to the median relapse free survival rates, no significant difference was found between two groups (p=0.14).

      Conclusion:
      The follow-up term of patients was limited in this study. But, we concluded that LAC-MPP should be considered as an aggressive disease showing nodal upstage. Although lymph node metastasis and lymphatic infiltration should be usually reported in LAC-MPP patients, these are difficult to detect by preoperative imaging tools such as CT and PET canning. Therefore, MPP could be important factor to determine the indications for limited resection for LAC patients even if small-sized(≦2cm) LAC- MPP.