Background: To explore the prognostic factors in the patients with lung cancer who were surgically treated.
Methods: Two hundred and twenty patients with lung cancer were treated with surgical treatment. Of the whole group , exploratory operation was performed in 15 cases and radical resection was done in 205 cases (93. 2 %) .
Results: The follow-up rate was 95. 8 %. The 1- , 5- , 10- and 20-year survival rate were 88. 3 %、45. 6 %、26. 2 % and 15. 4 % respectively. The prognosis of the patients was closely correlated with P-TNM stage , lymph node status and pathological classification ( P < 0. 01) , but not with extent of resection ( P > 0. 05) .
Conclusions: The prognosis of patients with lung cancer surgically treated is remarkably related to P-TNM stage , pathological classification and the mediastinal lymph node status.