title: [The role of surgery in the treatment of small cell lung cancer].
abstract: Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a biologically aggressive tumor with a low long-term survival rate. SCLC is highly responsive to chemotherapy and surgery has a very limited role in its treatment because the disease is usually widely disseminated at the diagnosis. Good results from surgery have been reported in the small subgroup of T1-2 N0 M0 patients. In N1 peripheral SCLC, surgery in combination with other treatments, can obtain fair results. Surgical treatment does not influence the prognosis in SCLC as stage III and IV.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgia Toracica, Ospedale Civile S. Maria, Terni, Università degli Studi, Perugia, Italy. francesopuma@tiscalinet.it
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Puma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Urbani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Santoprete
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanguinetti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vinci
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ottavi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Porcaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Daddi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents
vernacular_title: Ruolo della chirurgia nel trattamento del microcitoma polmonare.