Objectives: To examine the differences in clinical response, pathological response, recurrence, and survival between lung adenocarcinoma (AD) and squamous cell carcinoma (SQ) after induction chemoradiotherapy (ICRT) followed by surgery. Methods: Ninety-five patients with N1-2 or T3-4 non-small cell lung cancer were treated with ICRT followed by surgery between 2012 and 2018; 55 patients had AD and 40 had SQ. Differences in reductions of tumor size and fluorodeoxyglucose uptake on positron emission tomography after ICRT, as well as the pathological response, histological distribution of residual tumors, time to recurrence, and overall survival were compared between AD and SQ. Median follow-up period was 51 months. Results: After ICRT, SQ showed significantly more reduction in both the tumor size and fluorodeoxyglucose uptake than AD (p<0.001 for both). Of the 40 SQ, 22 (55%) showed the pathological complete remission, which was significantly more frequent than 8 of 55 AD (15%) (p<0.001). AD remained at the periphery of primary tumor in 39 of 55 patients (71%), which was more frequently than 6 of 40 patients (15%) in SQ (p<0.001). While there was no significant difference in the rate of conducting postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy between AD and SQ (47% vs. 40%, respectively) (p=0.48), the time to recurrence was significantly longer in SQ than in AD (p=0.026; 3-years recurrence-free rate: 77% vs. 52%). However, overall survival was not significantly different between the two (p=0.53; 3-years survival rate: 74% in both). Conclusion: While SQ showed better tumor response and longer time to recurrence after ICRT than AD, the overall survival was not different between the two. AD remained at the periphery of primary tumor more frequently than SQ after ICRT.