Abstract:
Objective :To study the clinic characteristics and prognostic factors of large cell lungcancer.
Methods :Clinic data of 62 inpatient cases in Cancer Hospital of Tianjin Medical University,from 1954- 2000, were retrospectively reviewed.
Results :The total 1-year survival rate was 64.5%, 3-year survival rate was 30.6% and the 5- year survival rate was 21.4%. The survival rates were higherthan that of adenosquamous carcinoma and small cell carcinoma patients and were lower than that ofsquamous carcinoma and adenocarcinoma; The main prognostic factors were age (P=0.022), bronchialstump (P=0.013), N stage (P=0.045) and TNM stage (P=0.011).
Conclusions :The survival rate of largecell cancer was low. The main prognostic factors were lymph node status, age, bronchial stump, TNMstage.