Radical Resections for T4 Lung Cancer  

Oleh:

Rice, Thomas W. ; Blackstone, Eugene H.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Surgical Clinics of North America (Keterangan: ada di ClinicalKey) vol. 82 no. 3 (Jun. 2002), page 573.

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T4 lung cancers are a heterogeneous group of locally advanced lung cancers. Treatment is palliative for the majority of patients, and ranges from supportive care to chemoradiotherapy. In certain patients, however, surgery is beneficial and may be curative. Patients with T4NOMO cancers invading the distal trachea, carina, left atrium, aorta, superior vena cava, or vertebral bodies may be surgical candidates. Radical resections of these T4 lung cancers have potential for cure if no mediastinal lymph node metastases (N2 or N3) occur and if resection is complete. The use of induction therapy and surgery in T4 patients may further increase survival and the number of T4 patients in whom radical resection is possible.

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