Impact of Adjuvant Treatment for Microscopic Residual Disease After Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Surgery
Hancock JG, Rosen JE, Antonicelli A, Moreno A, Kim AW, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ. Impact of Adjuvant Treatment for Microscopic Residual Disease After Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Surgery. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2014, 99: 406-413. PMID: 25528723, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerPositive surgical marginsCell lung cancerSurgical marginsR1 resectionNSCLC patientsResidual diseaseLung cancerNational Cancer Data BasePathologic stage IMicroscopic residual diseaseAdministration of chemotherapyOptimal treatment approachStage pIR1 patientsAdjuvant treatmentPostoperative administrationAdjuvant approachIncomplete resectionPostoperative radiationComplete resectionImproved survivalPI patientsPositive marginsSuperior survivalLearning Curve to Lymph Node Resection in Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Cancer
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