Is there a place for surgery in central small cell lung cancer?
Despite radiographic complete remission after standard induction therapy, 75% of SCLC patients will have tumor in the resected specimen. This and the high rate of local recurrence indicates that surgery may assume a greater role in the future if better control can be obtained for distant disease and local relapse thus becomes the mode of death.
Kohman
L J
LJ
Department of Surgery, State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, USA.
D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D016879:Salvage Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D016019:Survival Analysis