[Sex as a prognostic factor for the patients with non-small cell lung cancer]

Lung cancer is the leading cause for cancer mortality in the men and has an increasing prevalence in the women worldwide. There is growing evidence that the sex is an important prognostic factor for the patients with lung cancer.

We present 440 radically operated patients with non-small cell lung cancer between 1997 and 2004, age range: 23-82 years (378 male- 85.91% and 62 female14.09%).

The 5-years survival rate was 26,19% for the men (99 patients) and 51.61% for the female patients (32 patients).

Sex is a significant prognostic factor for the patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Female sex is a good prognostic factor for survival.