Treatment of bronchogenic carcinoma with chest wall invasion.
En bloc resection of chest wall and lung for primary non-small cell bronchogenic carcinoma with chest wall invasion, although often associated with a significant operative mortality, can be performed with a reasonable expectation of long-term survival if lymph nodes are not metastatically involved. Older age appears to decrease long-term survival, but age alone should not abrogate surgical resection. Non-small cell carcinoma cell type, tumor size, depth of chest wall invasion, and extent of chest wall or lung resection do not significantly influence survival.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery