title: [Place of surgical intervention in the treatment of small cell lung cancer].
abstract: On the basis of evaluation of their own findings (162 cases) and data available in the literature the authors suggest that surgery be used as a component of combined treatment for small cell lung cancer. Preoperative assessment of tumor process expansion appeared to be unreliable. Pneumonectomy was found to remain an operation of choice although application of extended pneumonectomy to deal with tumor expansion should not be recommended because the end results do not differ from those of conservative (chemoradiation, polychemotherapy) treatment.
mesh_terms: D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy
vernacular_title: Mesto khirurgicheskogo vmeshatel'stva v lechenii melkokletochnogo raka legkogo.