[Clinical aspects and treatment results in stage T1N0M0 lung cancer]

Late results of surgical treatment for lung cancer in stage TINOMO have been studied. A 5-year survival was 83.3%, 10-year survival--67%. Primary multiplicity of malignant tumors was revealed in 16% of observations. Peripheral cancer has more frequently arisen against the background of scars, central- on the background of proliferation and metaplasia of bronchial epithelium. Roentgenological methods for recognizing small size tumors proved to be effective in peripheral cancer, repeat cytological assays of the sputum--in central one. Lobectomy is considered to be the operation of choice in this stage of cancer. The diagnosis of cancer established in stage T1N0M0 should be considered as being timely, but it requires further improvement in the organization of active recognition of such patients.