2021
Adjuvant Chemotherapy for T4 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with Additional Ipsilateral Lung Nodules
Li AX, Flores K, Canavan ME, Boffa DJ, Blasberg JD. Adjuvant Chemotherapy for T4 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with Additional Ipsilateral Lung Nodules. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2021, 113: 421-428. PMID: 33684345, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.02.042.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerDifferent ipsilateral lobeCell lung cancerAdditional tumor nodulesT4 non-small cell lung cancerAdjuvant chemotherapyIpsilateral lobeT4 diseaseTumor nodulesLung cancerT4 tumorsOverall survivalSurgical resectionIIIA non-small cell lung cancerAdjuvant multiagent chemotherapyResectable stage IINational Cancer DatabaseFurther prospective studiesLymph node metastasisMultiagent chemotherapyNode metastasisPrimary outcomeProspective studyPatient populationCancer Database
2016
Timing of Surgery After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Clinical Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Mediastinal Nodal Involvement
Gao S, Corso C, Wang E, Blasberg J, Boffa D, Detterbeck F, Kim A. Timing of Surgery After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Clinical Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Mediastinal Nodal Involvement. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2016, 96: e470. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.06.1811.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResection is safe for patients with stage IIIA NSCLC undergoing multimodality therapy
Lushaj E, Julliard W, Bretl T, Badami A, Macke R, Blasberg J, Maloney J. Resection is safe for patients with stage IIIA NSCLC undergoing multimodality therapy. Cancer Treatment And Research Communications 2016, 5: 22-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrc.2015.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerIIIA non-small cell lung cancerStage IIIA non-small cell lung cancerStage I non-small cell lung cancerVideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgeryStage IIIA patientsIIIA patientsStage IStage IIMultimodality therapySurvival rateMedian hospital lengthOverall survival rateResults Mean ageCell lung cancerPost-treatment survivalInitial therapyAdvanced diseaseHospital lengthNeoadjuvant radiationPerioperative morbidityPulmonary resectionThoracoscopic surgeryOptimal therapySurgical intervention