Survival After Surgical Resection for Lung Cancer in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Anders Bugge, MD, May Brit Lund, MD, PhD, Cathrine Brunborg, MS, Steinar Solberg, MD, PhD, Johny Kongerud, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 101, Issue 6, Pages 2125-2131 (June 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.12.057 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Surgically treated stage I and II lung cancer patients. (COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GOLD = Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease; NSCLC = non-small cell lung cancer.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 2125-2131DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.12.057) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Overall survival after surgical intervention for non-small cell lung cancer in patients with mild and moderate (green line) or severe (red line) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in those with normal lung function (blue line). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 2125-2131DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.12.057) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions