Table 2.

Recurrence and Detection Characteristics

Characteristic	Stage IIIA (N=181)	Stage I-II (N=257)
Recurrence location
Locoregional	88	143
Regional lymph nodes	57 (65)	69 (48)
Same side	40 (45)	62 (43)
Staple line	14 (16)	40 (28)
Distant	153	190
Brain	47 (31)	36 (19)
Pleural disease	37 (24)	67 (36)
Contralateral lung	33 (22)	44 (23)
Bone	29 (19)	17 (9)
Liver	13 (8)	22 (12)
Adrenal	11 (7)	15 (8)
Chest wall	8 (5)	15 (8)
Detection method
Surveillance CT	89 (49)	157 (61)
Symptoms	73 (40)	81 (32)
Other	12 (7)	17 (7)
Unknown	9 (5)	2 (1)
Treatment of recurrence
Chemotherapy	74 (41)	90 (35)
Radiation	35 (19)	37 (14)
Chemotherapy + radiation	23 (13)	30 (12)
None	20 (11)	17 (7)
Unknown	12 (7)	38 (15)
Surgery + radiation	5 (3)	18 (7)
Surgery	6 (3)	13 (5)
Other	5 (3)	14 (5)

Data are no. (%)