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Prognostic Value of National Comprehensive Cancer Network Lung Cancer Resection Quality Criteria

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.01.098

Author(s)

Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, Meredith A. Ray, Nicholas R. Faris, Matthew P. Smeltzer, Carrie Fehnel, Cheryl Houston-Harris, Raymond S. Signore, Laura M. McHugh, Paul Levy, Lynn Wiggins, Vishal Sachdev, Edward T. Robbins

An assessment of regional lung resection outcomes relative to compliance with NCCN resection guidelines was performed. Negative margins 94%, 91% anatomic, 51% hilar nodes sampled, 26% 3 mediastinal nodal stations sampled. On average, 17% of resections met all criteria, although the trend was upward over time. Survival was better for pts who met all four criteria.