Surgical Management of Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Is Decreasing But Is Associated With Improved Survival Elizabeth A. David, MD, Robert J. Canter, MD, MAS, Yingjia Chen, MPH, David T. Cooke, MD, Rosemary D. Cress, DrPH The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 102, Issue 4, Pages 1101-1109 (October 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.058 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Distribution of treatment groups overall and by stage: (A) entire cohort; (B) stage IIIA; (C) stage IIIB; and (D) stage IV. (Chemo = chemotherapy; Rad = radiation; Surg = surgery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 1101-1109DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.058) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Distribution of treatment groups by year: (A) stage IIIA; (B) stage IIIB; and (C) stage IV. **Denotes trend is significant (p < 0.05). (Blue line = chemotherapy only; red line = chemotherapy and radiation; green line = surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation; purple line = chemotherapy and surgery; teal line = surgery only; orange = surgery and radiation; light blue line = radiation only; pink line = no treatment; light green line = unknown.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 1101-1109DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.058) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Kaplan-Meier plots for overall survival: (A) entire cohort; (B) stage IIIA; (C) stage IIIB; and (D) stage IV. Hatchmarks indicate censored; log rank p less than 0.0001. (Chemo = chemotherapy; CR = chemotherapy and radiation; CRS = chemotherapy, radiation, surgery; CS = chemotherapy and surgery; NTx = no treatment; Rad = radiation; SURG = surgery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 1101-1109DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.058) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions