Multidisciplinary approach in stage III non-small-cell lung cancer: standard of care and open questions

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Predictors of Major Morbidity and Mortality After Pneumonectomy Utilizing The Society for Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database

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New Molecular Targeted Therapies Integrated With Radiation Therapy in Lung Cancer

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The impact of preoperative body mass index on respiratory complications after pneumonectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer. Results from a series of 154 consecutive standard pneumonectomies

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A Phase I/II Radiation Dose Escalation Study With Concurrent Chemotherapy for Patients With Inoperable Stages I to III Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Phase I Results of RTOG 0117

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Meta-Analysis of Concomitant Versus Sequential Radiochemotherapy in Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

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Which patients should be operated on after induction chemotherapy for N2 non–small cell lung cancer? Analysis of a 7-year experience in 175 patients

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Pneumonectomy is a valuable treatment option after neoadjuvant therapy for stage III non–small-cell lung cancer

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Is Pneumonectomy After Induction Chemotherapy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer a Reasonable Procedure? A Multicenter Retrospective Study of 228 Cases

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A Systematic Review of Restaging After Induction Therapy for Stage IIIa Lung Cancer: Prediction of Pathologic Stage

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PET scans in radiotherapy planning of lung cancer

(2010) Dirk De Ruysscher et al.   RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY

Elective nodal irradiation (ENI) vs. involved field radiotherapy (IFRT) for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): A comparative analysis of toxicities and clinical outcomes

(2010) Annemarie T. Fernandes et al.   RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY

Survival and Risk Factors of Surgically Treated Mediastinal Invasion T4 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

(2009) Hao-xian Yang et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Risk of Pneumonectomy After Induction Therapy for Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

(2009) Thomas A. d'Amato et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Predictors of Long-Term Survival in Patients with Lung Cancer Included in the Randomized Spanish Lung Cancer Group 0008 Phase II Trial Using Concomitant Chemoradiation with Docetaxel and Carboplatin plus Induction or Consolidation Chemotherapy

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Preoperative Chemotherapy Versus Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Stage III (N2) Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

(2009) Kristin Higgins et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS

Influence of Technologic Advances on Outcomes in Patients With Unresectable, Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Concomitant Chemoradiotherapy

(2009) Zhongxing X. Liao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS

Impaired quality of life after pneumonectomy: Who is at risk?

(2009) Francesco Leo et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Radiotherapy plus chemotherapy with or without surgical resection for stage III non-small-cell lung cancer: a phase III randomised controlled trial

(2009) Kathy S Albain et al.   LANCET

Relation between elective nodal failure and irradiated volume in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with radiotherapy using conventional fields and doses

(2009) Naoko Sanuki-Fujimoto et al.   RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY

Surgical Treatment of Lung Cancer Invading the Left Atrium or Base of the Pulmonary Vein

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Pneumonectomy for bronchogenic carcinoma: analysis of factors predicting short- and long-term outcome

(2009) E. J. Veen et al.   Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Salvage Lung Resection After Definitive Radiation (>59 Gy) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Surgical and Oncologic Outcomes

(2008) Julie E. Bauman et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Pneumonectomy after chemoradiation

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Report From the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Consultants' Meeting on Elective Nodal Irradiation in Lung Cancer: Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

(2008) José S.A. Belderbos et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS

The Effect of Radiation Dose and Chemotherapy on Overall Survival in 237 Patients With Stage III Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

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Phase III Study of Cisplatin, Etoposide, and Concurrent Chest Radiation With or Without Consolidation Docetaxel in Patients With Inoperable Stage III Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The Hoosier Oncology Group and U.S. Oncology

(2008) Nasser Hanna et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Phase III Trial of Maintenance Gefitinib or Placebo After Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy and Docetaxel Consolidation in Inoperable Stage III Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: SWOG S0023

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The controversial role of surgery in stage III NSCLC

(2008) Jan P van Meerbeeck   LANCET ONCOLOGY

Use of PET and PET/CT for Radiation Therapy Planning: IAEA expert report 2006–2007

(2008) Michael MacManus et al.   RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY

Mortality, complications and loss of pulmonary function after pneumonectomy vs. sleeve lobectomy in patients younger and older than 70 years

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