Surgery in the management of small cell lung cancer.
Because most patients with small cell cancer of the lung present with distant metastatic disease, the treatment is almost always medical therapies without surgery. However, a small number of patients present with resectable disease, and this review summarizes the available literature addressing the possible role for surgery in the treatment of these patients.
Downey
Robert J
RJ
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA. downeyr@mskcc.org
Krug
Lee M
LM
D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D055752:Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*