PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - G Verleden
AU  - G Deneffe
AU  - M Demedts
TI  - Bronchial stump recurrence after surgery for bronchial carcinoma
AID  - 10.1183/09031936.93.03010097
DP  - 1990 Jan 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 97--100
VI  - 3
IP  - 1
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/3/1/97.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/3/1/97.full
SO  - Eur Respir J1990 Jan 01; 3
AB  - In 10 out of 295 patients (3.4%), followed-up after radical resection for non-small cell bronchial carcinoma in the period from 1980 until 1986, bronchial stump recurrence developed. A good relationship was found between relapse time (4-52 months) and distance between the primary tumour and bronchial resection line (1-7 cm) (i.e. 5-8 months.cm-1) in 8 of the patients (p less than 0.01). The mean survival time after detection of the recurrence was 10 months (range 1-15 months), and was not clearly influenced by the therapy applied (resurgery, chemotherapy, radiation), nor by the TNM stage of the bronchial stump recurrence.