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1. Trimodality therapy for superior sulcus tumour: experience of a single institution over 19 years.

Author

Uchida, Shinsuke, Yoshida, Yukihiro, Ohe, Yuichiro, Nakayama, Yuko, Motoi, Noriko, Kobayashi, Aki, Asakura, Keisuke, Nakagawa, Kazuo, and Watanabe, Shun-ichi

Subjects
*CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, *NON-small-cell lung carcinoma, *CANCER, *COMBINED modality therapy, *FROZEN tissue sections, *TUMORS
Abstract

The article focuses on the study to investigate the effects of trimodality therapy on the outcomes of patients with SSTs. Induction chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery is the standard treatment for superior sulcus tumours (SSTs). However, the protocols, chemotherapy agents and cycles used as well as the mode and intensity of radiotherapy vary between institutions.

Published
2019
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2. Reconstruction of a dominant vertebral artery during resection of a superior sulcus tumour with an incomplete circle of Willis.

Author

Hamaji, Masatsugu, Date, Hiroshi, Kubo, Takeshi, and Minatoya, Kenji

Abstract

A 74-year-old man presented with a left superior sulcus tumour invading the subclavian artery. After induction chemoradiotherapy, he underwent a vertebral artery reconstruction in addition to the subclavian artery reconstruction via a transmanubrial approach and video-assisted thoracoscopic left upper lobectomy. The final pathology was ypT4N0M0 adenocarcinoma. The technical aspects and indication for a vertebral artery reconstruction are discussed in this article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2019
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