title: [Treatments for T4 advanced lung cancer with invasion to the superior vena cava].
abstract: We discussed on the treatments for T4 lung cancer with invasion to the superior vena cava, whose prognosis has been poor. However, surgical resection may improve the prognosis compared with radiation therapy. The prosthetic replacement of superior vena cava can be done safely, and its patency is good in cases of ring-enforced ePTFE graft. Although superior vena caval obstruction syndrome had been a hard issue in the advanced cases, stenting in superior vena using the interventional radiological technique is a safe and reliable method. We should consider the stenting as the first choice for superior vena cava obstruction syndrome, because it makes the QOL improve so much.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mie University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokui
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimono
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Namikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yuasa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murashima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D015607:Stents; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000473:pathology