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Table 2 Adjuvant therapy b after surgery for squamous cell carcinoma

From: The presence of old pulmonary tuberculosis is an independent prognostic factor for squamous cell lung cancer survival

Stage of lung cancer at diagnosisa

Without TB(%)

With TB(%)

p-value

I

114

9

0.91

Without adjuvant therapy

40(35.1)

3(33.3)

 

With adjuvant therapy

74(64.9)

6(66.7)

II

50

10

0.78

Without adjuvant therapy

12(24.0)

2(20)

 

With adjuvant therapy

38(76.0)

8(80)

III &IV

105

14

0.96

Without adjuvant therapy

23(21.9)

3(21.4)

 

With adjuvant therapy

82(78.1)

11(78.6)

 
  1. aAll patients were re-staged according to the 7th edition of the TNM-staging of lung cancer.
  2. bAdjuvant therapy included chemotherapy and radiotherapy. We arranged these treatments according to the NCCN guidelines.