title: The surgical treatment of bronchial carcinoma.
abstract: This article considers the current place of surgery in the treatment of bronchial carcinoma. Aspects of the diagnosis of this condition will be covered, but the main focus falls on the surgical procedures, their complications and the outlook for these patients according to tumour stage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge CB3 8RE.
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Halstead
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Screaton
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ritchie
mesh_terms: D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003657:Decision Making; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome