Invited Editorial on “the timing of surgery after neoadjuvant chemoradiation in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer”

Articles > Article · 2017

Authors: Deniz YALMAN

Journal of Thoracic Disease, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2017, vol 9, pp E299-E300

DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2017.02.98

Summary

Although the current standard of care in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is concurrent chemoradiotherapy, neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) followed by surgery is increasingly used for selected Stage IIIA patients with potentially resectable tumors and limited N2 involvement.

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