Pan-Driver-Negatives versus Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutants for C-Stage IA Lung Adenocarcinoma with...

We aimed to verify the prognosis of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation of clinical (c)-stage IA lung adenocarcinoma with the ground-glass opacity (GGO) component.

We evaluated 226 cases of surgically resected c-stage IA lung adenocarcinoma with GGO component. Endpoints were overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS). Kaplan-Meier analysis and the log-rank test were used to estimate the survival differences. Prognostic factors were assessed using the univariable and multivariable Cox proportional hazards model.

Among the 226 cases, 177 cases harbored the EGFR-mutant adenocarcinoma with the GGO component. The mean duration of follow-up time was 54.4 ± 1.2 months. The 5-year OS and RFS did not differ significantly between the EGFR-mutant and wild-type groups (5-year OS 100% vs. 94.3%, hazard ratio [HR] 0.276, P = 0.168; 5-year RFS 94.7% vs. 95.7%, HR 0.873, P = 0.864). Multivariable Cox hazard model revealed that radiologically solid component size (P = 0.010) and pathological node-positive (P = 0.036) were significant predictors of an inferior RFS.

EGFR-mutant was not a prognostic factor of OS and RFS for c-stage IA lung adenocarcinoma with the GGO component. Radiologically solid component size and pathological lymph node status were independent prognostic factors of worse RFS.