Eight cases of salvage pulmonary resection for residual disease or isolated local recurrence detected after definitive chemoradiotherapy for N2 Stage-IIIA lung cancer

Background/Objective: The concept of salvage pulmonary resection after definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT) is not yet commonly accepted in lung cancer treatment. We report our experience of eight patients in whom we performed salvage pulmonary resection for residual disease or isolated locoregional...

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Main Authors: Shigeki Sawada, Hiroshi Suehisa, Tsuyoshi Ueno, Motohiro Yamashita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958415000871