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[Surgical treatment for clinical stage II and III small cell lung cancer patients]
- Source :
- Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery. 59(10)
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- To evaluate a surgical resection in multidisciplinary treatment for clinical stage (c-stage) II and III small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients, we examined the postoperative prognosis concerning in 18 patients who underwent complete surgical resection. Five-year survival rate of 8 c-stage II and 10 c-stage III patients showed 62.5% and 46.7%, respectively. Of these, 7 patients underwent preoperative induction chemotherapy resulting in down-staging to c-stage 0-I, and their survival rate at 5 years after sugery was as good as 68.6%. However, in 4 (57.1%) of 7 patients, tumor cells proved to be alive by pathological assessment of lymph nodes. As a consequence, it was suggested that surgery for c-stage II and III SCLC patients is a meaningful treatment considering their prognoses. In particular, even though the patients show a favorable response of preoperative chemotherapy, to completely eliminate remnant tumor cells, a surgical resection may be necessary.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00215252
- Volume :
- 59
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........ea9d4e5c1e5f6bdffb579690ff007e48