PMID: 9432684Feb 12, 1998Paper

Surgical therapeutic strategy in non-small-cell bronchial carcinoma

Praxis
D Branscheid

Abstract

For localized, non-small cell carcinomas (stages I and II) surgery is the treatment of choice because these lesions usually can be excised completely. The choice of the surgical procedure--lobectomy, pneumonectomy, segmental or sleeve resection--depends on the extent of malignant disease and the patients functional status. The procedure of choice is usually that which will encompass all existing disease and provide maximum conservation of normal lung tissue. On occasion, stage III disease may present borderline cases for surgery. Indications are based on existing or imminent complications in advanced locoregional tumor growth. Localized chest-wall or pericardium invasion, superior sulcus tumors, limited mediastinal nodal involvement, and phrenic involvement are not absolute surgical contraindications. Each case must carefully be evaluated and individualised. This kind of tumor management requires sophisticated techniques. The primary aim is to achieve complete tumor resection and to avoid an exploratory thoracotomy or an incomplete surgical resection. The hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes have to be completely resected to ensure a real R0-resection. The presence of distant or extrathoracic metastasis is indicative of inoperabil...Continue Reading

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