Journal Thoracic Oncology

Abstracts Journal of Thoracic Oncology • Volume 12 Issue S1 January 2017
AXILLARY LYMPH NODE METASTASIS IN LUNG CANCER
Yue Kong, Ming Chen
Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou/China
Background: The morbidity and mortality of lung cancer are rather high.
One major metastasis pathway of lung cancer is lymph node metastasis.
The incidence of axillary lymph node metastasis(ALNM) is rare, and little is
known about its clinicopathological characteristics. Methods: The clinical
data of 91 patients with ALNM who were treated in Zhejiang Cancer Hospital
from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2013 were retrospectively analyzed.
The relevance of tumor site, local lymph node site and axillary lymph node
site were checked by contingency table. Survival rates were calculated by the
Kaplan-Meier method and compared by the log-rank test. Results: Lung cancer
patients with ALNM were often presented with adenocarcinoma(59.3%,
peripheral tumor type(71.4%), pleura invasion with pleural effusion(48.4%)
or chest wall invasion(52.7%). There was a relationship between tumor
site(P