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Table 5 Clinical characteristics of patients with acute exacerbation after the second surgery

From: Survival after repeated surgery for lung cancer with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a retrospective study

Variable

Case 1

Case 2

Case 3

Sex

Male

Male

Male

Age (years)

77

78

63

Time interval (months)

34

14

3

Type of multiple cancer

Metachronous

Metachronous

Synchronous

Smoking history (PY)

54

53

129

%VC at second surgery

87.1

52.6

53.4

Rate of %VC decrease

24.3

47.6

35.7

KL-6 (U/ml)

284

766

739

AE risk score

11

8

8

Tumor location (initial/second)

Lower/Lower

Lower/Lower

Lower/Lower

Surgical procedure (initial/second)

Lobectomy/Segmentectomy

Lobectomy/Wedge

Lobectomy/Wedge

Histology (initial/second)

Sq/Ad

Sq/Ad-Sq

Sq/Sq

Pathological stage

IA/IB

IB/IB

IA/IA

  1. PY pack years, VC vital capacity, KL-6 sialylated carbohydrate antigen KL-6, AE acute exacerbation, Sq squamous cell carcinoma, Ad-Sq adenosquamous cell carcinoma