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Clinical Trial
. 1981 Apr;81(4):485-92.

Four-year follow-up on the Albany experience with intrapleural BCG in lung cancer

M F McKneally, C Maver, L Lininger, H W Kausel, J B McIlduff, T M Older, E D Foster, R D Alley
  • PMID: 7009993
Clinical Trial

Four-year follow-up on the Albany experience with intrapleural BCG in lung cancer

M F McKneally et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1981 Apr.

Abstract

One hundred sixty-nine patients were entered into randomized controlled studies of intrapleural bacille Calmette Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy after surgical resection of lung cancer. Long-term follow-up of our initial series of BCG-treated patients with Stage I disease continues to indicate that this treatment was superior to that given to control patients. The recurrence rate in the control population was high, 62% at 3 years. The recurrence rate was 33% at 3 years in the BCG-treated group. A negative preoperative tuberculin test and squamous cell histologic type were favorable prognostic factors for BCG-treated patients. The survival of patients with more advanced disease was not improved by BCG immunotherapy.

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