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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Dec 12;218(3):439–449. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.12.005

Table 2.

Five-Year All-Cause and Disease-Specific Survival Estimates after Pneumonectomy, by Age And Stage

Patient age Disease stage (AJCC 6th ed)
Stage I, % (95% CI) Stage II, % (95% CI)
Five-year all-cause survival
estimates after
pneumonectomy, by age, y
  18-49 60.0 (53.5-67.4) 41.7 (35.9-48.5)
  50-69 45.8 (43.4-48.4) 35.3 (33.0-37.8)
  70-79 33.1 (29.8-36.7) 24.2 (21.0-27.8)
  80+ 21.3 (15.2-29.8) 15.3 (9.4-24.8)
Five-year disease-specific
survival estimates after
pneumonectomy, by age, y
  18-49 66.1 (59.5-73.6 46.2 (39.9-53.4)
  50-69 55.9 (53.1-58.9) 44.9 (42.2-47.9)
  70-79 47.0 (42.5-52.1) 32.8 (28.6-37.8)
  80+ 36.3 (25.9-50.9) 27.8 (17.7-43.7)