Open AccessSurgical treatment is an effective approach for patients with synchronous multiple primary lung cancers
Author(s) -
Yue Peng,
Wangang Ren,
Hui Wang,
Meng Li,
Zhen Feng,
Zhongmin Peng
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_140_17
Subject(s) - medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , pathological , primary tumor , lung cancer , lymph node , chemotherapy , epidermal growth factor receptor , lung , surgery , oncology , metastasis , cancer , paleontology , biology
The detection rate of synchronous multiple primary lung cancers (SMPLC) showed an increasing trend year by year. In an attempt to identify the optimal treatment strategy for SMPLC, we retrospectively analyzed our surgical treatment outcomes of a series of patients with SMPLC.