Surgery for early-stage small cell lung cancer. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Limited-stage small cell lung cancer remains one of the more frustrating malignancies to treat. Current standard of care typically includes platinum-based chemotherapy with thoracic radiation, and although response to therapy is high, most patients will ultimately experience relapse and die of recurrent disease. No high-level data exist supporting surgical resection of early-stage disease; however, several retrospective reviews and small single-arm studies suggest surgery may benefit patients with very limited extent of disease. This article reviews the available literature, and proposes guidelines for including potentially curative resection in the management of patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer.

publication date

  • October 1, 2011

Research

keywords

  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 80053949023

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.6004/jnccn.2011.0094

PubMed ID

  • 21975913

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 9

issue

  • 10