Role of visceral pleural invasion and tumor sizing at CT of resected NSCLC in clinical-radiological and pathological T agreement

To describe in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) the impact of visceral pleural invasion (VPI) and of tumor sizing assessed at computed tomography (CT) on the agreement between clinical-radiological and pathological T staging and its prognostic value. Patients affected by NSCLC treated by surgery i...

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Published in:Tumori Vol. 109; no. 2; p. 215
Main Authors: Colombi, Davide, Petrini, Marcello, Rapacioli, Fausto, Bodini, Flavio C, Chiesa, Sara, Franco, Cosimo, Citterio, Chiara, Cavanna, Luigi, Zangrandi, Adriano, Sverzellati, Nicola, Michieletti, Emanuele
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 01.04.2023
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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - surgery
Female
Humans
Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Lung Neoplasms - surgery
Neoplasm Invasiveness - pathology
Neoplasm Staging
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
partial pneumonectomy
dimensional measurement
accuracy
TNM staging
visceral pleura
Non-small cell lung cancer
ISSN:2038-2529, 2038-2529
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Summary:To describe in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) the impact of visceral pleural invasion (VPI) and of tumor sizing assessed at computed tomography (CT) on the agreement between clinical-radiological and pathological T staging and its prognostic value. Patients affected by NSCLC treated by surgery in the period from January 2017 to September 2020 were retrospectively evaluated. Exclusion criteria were: (1) baseline CT not performed in our hospital; (2) failure of software segmentation at CT of the primary lesion. Clinical-radiological T (cT) was assessed at baseline CT, evaluating in particular T size by semi-automatic tool and VPI (cVPI) visually. Pathological T (pT) and VPI (pVPI) were recorded by pathological report and obtained after formalin-fixation and eventual elastic stain on surgical specimen. The agreement between cT and pT was evaluated by calculating the weighted kappa by Cohen (κ ); the association between progression free survival (PFS) with both cT and pT was assessed by the Cox regression analysis. The study included 84 NSCLC in 82 patients (median age 71 years, IQR 63-76 years; females 22/82, 27%). The agreement between cT and pT was poor (κ 0.302, 95%CI 0.158-0.447). The main causes of disagreement were CT oversizing (21%) and false positive cVPI (29%). A significant association was found between PFS and pT2-T3 (HR 2.75, 95%CI 1.21-6.25, p=0.015) but not with cT2-T3 (not retained in the model). False positive cVPI and oversizing at CT are causes of disagreement between cT and pT in around one-third of resected NSCLC. PFS was significantly associated with pT but not with cT.
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ISSN:2038-2529
2038-2529
DOI:10.1177/03008916221083702