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Background: Lung cancer is the main cause of death from cancer in the world. The 5-year survival is about 15%. Despite the progress of medicine the mortality rate decreased only marginally. This poor prognosis is due to late diagnosis
Aim: To evaluate overall survival and prognostic factors in patients locally advanced or metastatic non small cell lung cancer [NSCLC]
Methods: Retrospective study including 180 patients with non-small cell lung cancer hospitalized in the department of Charles Nicolle Hospital of Tunis between January 2007 and December 2014
Results: The mean age was 61.5 years with a male predominance [93.3%]. The median overall survival was 6 months. The poor prognostic factors were the performans status [PS] and early delays of management [<30 days]. The factors that improve survival were surgical treatment and delays of management more than 45 days
Conclusion: The prognostic factors in locally advanced and metastatic NSLC in our patient were: PS, management delay and treatment. These factors should be considered in management of patient with advanced stage NSCLC