Investigation of Patients with Apparently Inoperable Lung Cancer

Investigation of Patients with Apparently Inoperable Lung Cancer

Over a three-year period, 30 patients were referred to a multidisciplinary lung cancer group for palliative radiotherapy of presumed unresectable bronchogenic cancer on the basis of radiological findings. Further investigation, including surgical staging, demonstrated that 10 were candidates for sur...

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Main Authors: Riyad Karmy-Jones, Eric Vallieres, Joseph W Lewis, George Dundas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1996-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/104504
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spelling doaj-7b2467b6289e459d964798b77aa2c2982021-07-02T13:57:47ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22411996-01-013530931310.1155/1996/104504Investigation of Patients with Apparently Inoperable Lung CancerRiyad Karmy-Jones0Eric Vallieres1Joseph W Lewis2George Dundas3Division of Thoracic Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USADivision of Thoracic Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USADivision of Thoracic Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USADivision of Thoracic Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaOver a three-year period, 30 patients were referred to a multidisciplinary lung cancer group for palliative radiotherapy of presumed unresectable bronchogenic cancer on the basis of radiological findings. Further investigation, including surgical staging, demonstrated that 10 were candidates for surgical resection. Nine patients are alive and free of disease at a median follow-up of 25.8 months. These results demonstrate that chest x-ray and computed tomography of the chest may not be specific enough to rule out the possibility of surgical cure.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/104504
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title Investigation of Patients with Apparently Inoperable Lung Cancer
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title_sort investigation of patients with apparently inoperable lung cancer
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Canadian Respiratory Journal
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publishDate 1996-01-01
description Over a three-year period, 30 patients were referred to a multidisciplinary lung cancer group for palliative radiotherapy of presumed unresectable bronchogenic cancer on the basis of radiological findings. Further investigation, including surgical staging, demonstrated that 10 were candidates for surgical resection. Nine patients are alive and free of disease at a median follow-up of 25.8 months. These results demonstrate that chest x-ray and computed tomography of the chest may not be specific enough to rule out the possibility of surgical cure.
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