Clinicopathological characteristics and risk factors of station 4L lymph node metastasis of left non-small cell lung cancer.
10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2020.12.14
- Author:
Leilei SHEN
1
;
Tianyang YUN
2
;
Juntang GUO
2
;
Yang LIU
2
;
Chaoyang LIANG
2
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hainan Hospital of General Hospital of PLA, Sanya 572000, China.
2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100853, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
left lung cancer;
metastasis;
risk factors;
station 4L lymph node
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/pathology*;
Humans;
Lung Neoplasms/pathology*;
Lymph Node Excision;
Lymph Nodes/pathology*;
Lymphatic Metastasis;
Neoplasm Staging;
Prognosis;
Retrospective Studies;
Risk Factors
- From:
Journal of Southern Medical University
2020;40(12):1793-1798
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To analyze the clinicopathological characteristics and risk factors of 4L lymph node metastasis in left non-small cell lung cancer.
METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed the data of 134 patients undergoing surgical resection of left non-small cell lung cancer and 4L lymph node dissection, including 60 patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and 74 with lung adenocarcinoma (ADC). The clinicopathological characteristics of the patients were analyzed, and logistic regression analysis was used to identify the predictors of station 4L metastasis.
RESULTS:Of these patients, 16.4% (22/134) presented with station 4L metastasis. The patients with SCC and ADC showed significant differences in age, gender, smoking history, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, tumor size, tumor location and type, visceral pleural invasion, Ki-67 index, 4L metastasis and pathological TNM stage (stage Ⅱ). The rate of station 4L metastasis was significantly lower in SCC group than in ADC group. Univariate analysis revealed that pathological types (SCC or ADC), visceral pleural invasion, lymphovascular invasion, tumor markerabnormality, and station 5 to 10 metastasis were all high-risk factors for station 4L metastasis. Multivariate analysis suggested that the pathological type (OR=0.120,
CONCLUSIONS:In patients with left non-small cell lung cancer, station 4L metastasis is not rare and is more likely to occur in patients with lung adenocarcinoma. Dissection of the 4L lymph nodes should be performed in cases with low risk of damages of the adjacent tissues and high risk of station 4L metastasis.
