Abstract:Background: Prognostic factors in pneumonectomy (PN) are not yet fully defined. This study is to analyze and evaluate long-term survival after PN for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods: We obtained data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database for patients who underwent PN between 2004 and 2015. In order to reduce bias and imbalance, propensity score matching (PSM) analysis was performed. We used Kaplan-Meier curves to estimate overall survival (OS), performed univariate an… Show more
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