title: [Radical resection following to concurrent chemoradiotherapy for eighty-five year-old patient with superior sulcus tumor].
abstract: An 85-year-old male with superior sulcus tumor was referred to our hospital complaining right brachial pain and omalgia. Chest computed tomography showed right apical lung tumor involving the 1st rib, and bronchoscopy established a diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma, cT3NOM0. After concurrent chemoradiotherapy [cisplatin (CDDP) + 60 Gy], functional examination indicated him to be tolerable to lobectomy, and he underwent right upper lobectomy + chest wall resection (1st-3rd ribs) + lymph-node dissection. Pathological examination revealed that the effect of chemoradiotherapy was Ef. 3. The postoperative course was uneventful. He is free from recurrence for 7 years after the surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Karube
authors.forename: Makio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayama
authors.forename: Motohiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oyaizu
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chida
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D010178:Pancoast Syndrome / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000601:surgery