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Thoracoscopic Lobectomy Produces Long-Term Survival Similar to That with Open Lobectomy in Cases of Non–Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: A Propensity-Matched Analysis Using a Population-Based Cancer Registry

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Source URL: http://www.jto.org/article/S1556-0864(16)30486-5/abstract?elsca1=etoc&%3Belsc…

Author(s)

Bing-Yen Wang, Jing-Yang Huang, Ching-Hsiung Lin, Jiunn-Liang Ko, Chen-Te Chou, Yu-Chung Wu, Sheng-Hao Lin, Yung-Po Liaw

Using a Taiwanese national database, the authors evaluated long-term survival after VATS vs open lobectomy for lung cancer using propensity matching and multvariate analyses. Among 5,222 patients, 2,164 (41%) had a VATS approach. Propensity matching yielded 1848 patients in each group. 5-year survival was similar for the VATS and open groups (68.7% vs 65.5%). Surgical resection was not an independent predictor of survival.