Pathologic complete response after induction therapy—the role of surgery in stage IIIA/B locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer | Zendy

W Schreiner | Zendy; Sofiya Gavrychenkova | Zendy; Wojciech Dudek | Zendy; Ralf J. Rieker | Zendy; Sebastian Lettmaier | Zendy; Rainer Fietkau | Zendy; Horia Sı̂rbu | Zendy

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Pathologic complete response after induction therapy—the role of surgery in stage IIIA/B locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Author(s) -

W Schreiner,

Sofiya Gavrychenkova,

Wojciech Dudek,

Ralf J. Rieker,

Sebastian Lettmaier,

Rainer Fietkau,

Horia Sı̂rbu

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of thoracic disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 2077-6624

pISSN - 2072-1439

DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.05.68

Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , perioperative , pathological , stage (stratigraphy) , chemotherapy , oncology , proportional hazards model , univariate analysis , retrospective cohort study , multivariate analysis , cancer , surgery , paleontology , biology

Pathologic complete response (pCR) is dominant prognostic factor determining favorable outcome in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after induction therapy (IT). There is no non-operative diagnostics that adequately estimates the pCR. Aim of this retrospective study was to assess the correlation between clinical and pathological factors in patients with pCR.

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