title: [Less invasive treatment for lung carcinoma].
abstract: Today, less invasive treatments for lung carcinoma are divided to two categories. One is the surgical option which includes 1. surgery by muscle sparing thoracotomy, 2. reduced operation represented by segmentectomy or partial resection, 3. so-called VATS (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery), and 4. sentinel node navigation surgery. Other options such as photodynamic therapy or brachytherapy are also very useful for the treatment of superficial malignancies at the hilar zone, because of their lower level of invasiveness.
authors.affiliation: Second Dept. of Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 45-1 Nanakuma, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shirakusa
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D001918:Brachytherapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted