title: [Treatment of superior sulcus tumor].
abstract: We reported on 34 patients with superior sulcus non-small-cell lung cancer and clinical outcome. It is necessary to select the most appropriate approach from preoperative examination and the degree of infiltration at the chest wall. Recently, various approach and preoperative chemoradiotherapy followed by surgical resection is effective for the treatment of superior sulcus tumor (SST), we should keep challenging for radical resection in mind.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo Cancer Center, Akashi, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tauchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tane
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010178:Pancoast Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*