title: [The role of surgery in the management of diffuse (N3) lung cancer].
abstract: The aim of the paper is to give a contribution to the understanding of the role of surgery in patients with N3 lung cancer. The A. describe their results on 32 patients with N3 lung cancer operated on mediastinectomy; histological examination of the specimens showed 27 squamous cell carcinomas and 5 adenocarcinomas. The operation was performed through a median sternotomy to gain access to the left and right paratracheal nodes, pretracheal, precarinal and subcarinal nodes, subaortic and left and right hilar nodes that were removed together with the fat of the mediastinum. Left pneumonectomy was performed in 5 patients. There was no operative mortality; 12 patients were irradiated in the postoperative period with 5,000 Rads (50 Gy), while 18 or the 27 patients with squamous cell carcinoma are still alive.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Toracica, Azienda Ospedaliera, Verona.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Politi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bresadola
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ferrandu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Anna
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Il ruolo della chirurgia nella terapia del carcinoma polmonare diffuso (N3).