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Prognostic factors for resected invasive mucinous lung adenocarcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Fangfang Shen1, Xinyu Wu2, Jiang Geng1
1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanxi Cancer Institute, Shanxi Cancer Hospital, Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Shanxi Hospital, Shanxi Medical University Affiliated Hospital, Taiyuan, 030000, China.
Background:
Surgery is the optimal choice for early invasive mucinous lung adenocarcinoma (IMA). A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to explore the prognostic factors for resected IMA.
Methods:
We systematically reviewed the prognostic role of clinicopathological and genomic factors in resected IMA patients. Eligible studies on the treatment of IMA following the systematic search of PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library from January 2015 to January 2024 were identified. Outcomes of interest were overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival/recurrence-free survival (DFS/RFS). The hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were used as impact indicators for systematic review and meta-analysis.
Results:
Sixteen studies involving 3,484 patients with IMA were included. The results of the combined analysis showed that male and smoking were associated with a worse prognosis. Furthermore, advanced clinical stage, poor differentiation grade, presence of visceral pleural invasion (VPI) and spread through air spaces (STAS), and presence of KRAS mutations were also associated with worse prognosis.
Conclusions:
Gender, smoking, clinical stage, tumor size, differentiation grading, VPI, STAS and KRAS mutation affect DFS/RFS and OS of IMA patients after surgery. Identifying these factors may aid physicians in developing more individualized treatment plans for resectable IMA patients.
