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Table 4 Comparing our results with other studies

From: Is there a role for lung surgery in initially unresectable non-small cell lung cancer after tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment?

Study

n

Duration of TKI, m

Clinical stage, n (%)

Surgery, n (%)

Post operative complications, n

Adjuvant TKI, Y/N/U

PFS/OS, m

Ohtaki et al. [23]

36

14

IIIA, 8 (22.2)

IIIB, 4 (11.1)

IV, 21 (58.3)

R, 3 (8.3)

Lobectomy, 28 (77.8)

Segmentectomy, 3 (8.3)

Wedge resection, 2 (5.6)

Bilobectomy, 1 (2.8)

Pneumonectomy, 2 (5.6)

Bleeding, 1

Empyema, 1

16/20/0

15/58

Song et al. [24]

9

6 (2–46)

IIIA, 2 (22.2)

IIIB, 1 (11.1)

IV, 6 (66.7)

Lobectomy, 9 (100%)

Atrial fibrillation, 1

9/0/0

14/17

Yamamoto et al. [25]

24

3 (0.7–36)

IB, 1 (4.2)

IIIA, 8 (33.3)

IIIB, 5 (20.8)

IV, 10 (41.7)

Lobectomy, 15 (62.5)

Bilobectomy, 5 (20.8)

Pneumonectomy, 4 (16.7)

Empyema, 1

Chylothorax, 1

12/9/3

10/68

Ning et al. [26]

10

3 (3–5)

IIIA, 2 (20)

IIIB, 8 (80)

Lobectomy, 9 (90)

Pneumonectomy, 1 (10)

Death, 1

9/0/0

14/36

  1. CR complete response, TKI tyrosine kinase inhibitor, PFS progression-free survival, OS overall survival, R recurrent, U unknown, m month, Y yes, N No