Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Treatment of lung cancer
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

Abstract

Aim: Study of characteristics of cancer patients treated surgically in Albania for a 4 years period.
Material: 151 patients who were treated surgically during 2000-2003.
Results: Mean age resulted 56.6±9.9 (19 – 83 years); males – 138 (91.4%); no significant differences according to the group-age and sex. In relation to the sex and origin males were more frequent from urban zones and females from rural zones.
Smokers were 130(86.1%) patients, significant correlation with the age and sex, males more heavy smokers. Beginning of the diseases were insidious in 111(73.5%) cases, acutely in 31(20.5%) and in 3(2%) were without complaints.
Patients were presented at hospitalization with weakness - 133(88.1%) , cough – 132(87.4%), thoracic pain – 129 (85.4%), effort dispnoea – 94(62.3%), weight loss – 68(45%), hemoptysis - 60(39.7%), articular pain – 28(18.5%). Chronic pulmonary co-morbid diseases resulted in 48 (31.8%) cases, cardiac diseases 38(25,2%).The predominant histological type was epidermoid – 80(53%); adenocarcinoma 37(24.5%); SCLC 5(3.3%), and others 29(19.2%). TNM post-op was IIIA stage in 92 patients (63%).

Baseline characteristics of subjects with surgically trated pulmonary carcinoma

Subjects nr	151
Male	138 (91,4%)
Female	13 (8,6%)
Age (years)	56,6 ±9,9 (19-83)
Cigarette¤day	22±13,7
Smoking years	26±14,7
Pack¤year	34±25,8
FVC % predicted	94,8±12,4
FEV1 % predicted	85,2±16,5
PaO2 mmHg	85,5±11,5
PaCO2 mmHg	39,3±5,3
SaO2	95,5±3,6
Time from symptom onset (months)	4,9±5,2 (0-30)

Conclusion: Patients with pulmonary carcinoma were predominantly male smokers, epidermoid type, with delayed diagnosis, co-morbid diseases and clinical – surgical stage discordances.

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R. Oketa, J. Bushati, M. Nanushi (Tirana, Albania). Study of patients with lung cancer treated surgically in Albania during the period 2000-2003. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 2645

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