[Surgery after neo-adjuvant therapy of non-small cell lung cancer. Preliminary results]

Minerva Chir. 1991 Sep 15;46(17):879-84.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The Authors report their personal experience of surgical treatment following neo-adjuvant therapy in NSCLC (III a N2) in order to assess: 1) the feasibility and safety of surgical treatment following major responses to neoadjuvant chemotherapy; 2) the sectile rate; and 3) the survival rate. Preliminary results show that: 1) chemotherapy using cisplatin and VP-16 gives a high rate of major responses in these patients; 2) surgery is feasible; 3) there is high radical sectile rate; 4) further research is needed to obtain statistical significance.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / surgery*
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / therapy
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Lung Neoplasms / therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Factors
  • Survival Analysis