Clinical Study

Completely Resected N0 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Prognostic Factors Affecting Long-Term Survival

Table 5

The five-year survival of patients with and without poor prognostic factors.

Prognostic factors2-year survival (%)5-year survival (%)

Stage of lung cancer
 Stage IA76.861.7
 Stage IB76.844.7
 Stage IIA54.037.1
 Stage IIB43.043.0
Tumor necrosis
 No75.354.6
 Yes54.137.3
Tumor recurrence
 No86.676.5
 Yes47.123.6
Brain metastasis
 No73.052.3
 Yes18.29.1
Skin metastasis
 No70.050.0
 Yes0.00.0
Adrenal metastasis
 No67.948.3
 Yes0.00.0