Is there a standard of care for the radical management of non-small cell lung cancer involving the apical chest wall (pancoast tumours)?

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 334-346

  Peedell, C ^a   Dunning, J ^a   Bapusamy, A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chest wall resection; Induction chemoradiation; Non small cell lung cancer; Pancoast tumours; Superior sulcus tumours

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE INHIBITOR; ETOPOSIDE; GEFITINIB; MITOMYCIN; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; VINDESINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG FATALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MANAGED CARE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PANCOAST TUMOR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PANCOAST SYNDROME; RADIOTHERAPY; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77952740911     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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