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Chemotherapy followed by lung resection in inoperable non‐small cell lung carcinomas due to locally far‐advanced disease
Author(s) -
Takita Hiroshi,
Regal AnneMarie,
Antkowiak Joseph G.,
Rao Uma N. M.,
Botsoglou Nikolaos K.,
Lane Warren W.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19860201)57:3<630::aid-cncr2820570339>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - medicine , chemotherapy , lung , radiation therapy , surgery , carcinoma , disease , survival rate , radiology , oncology
From 1977, 29 patients with inoperable non‐small cell lung carcinoma due to locally far‐advanced disease underwent lung resection after receiving two to eight courses of chemotherapy. After the surgery was performed, three additional courses of chemotherapy were given. The overall median survival from onset of the chemotherapy was 30.5 months; postoperatively, it was 24.5 months (five patients survived > 5 years). Postoperative mortality was 10.3%. The overall survival results compare favorably with those obtained with radiation therapy.