Outcomes of the California Cancer Registry for patients undergoing resection for Stage I NSCLC were evaluated according to Commission on Cancer (CoC) accreditation status and lung resection procedure volume. High volume hospitals (>50 annually) had better survival compared to medium (20-50 annually; HR 1.23) and low volume (<20 annually; 1.77)
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Lung - Cancer
September 16, 2015
September 12, 2015
This randomized trial compared induction therapy for pathologically-proven N2/IIIA NSCLC with 3 cycles of cisplatinum and docetaxel chemotherapy alone to chemotherapy combined with 44 Gy of radiation therapy. 232 pts in 23 centers were enrolled over a 12 year period. No differences were identified in the chemotherapy vs chemoradiotherapy groups for
August 26, 2015
Investigators from Stanford developed a nine-gene expression predictor for survival outcome in early-stage nonsquamous NSCLC. They developed and validated a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assay easily applicable to routinely obtained paraffin-embedded tumor specimens.
August 22, 2015
This comprehensive review outlines changes in the WHO classification of lung tumors, chagnes that will affect our clinical practice in the near future.
August 17, 2015
This video demonstrates a left pneumonectomy by single-port approach for a primary squamous cell carcinoma.
August 11, 2015
This single institution retrospective study evaluated the relationship of adenocarcinoma subtype to long-term survival after resection of stage I lung cancer. Patients with solid-predominant tumors experienced recurrences earlier, more often in distant sites, and more often in multiple locations. This subtype was also independently associated with
August 4, 2015
This video shows a technique for the gradual transition from a conventional 3/4-port, to a 2-port, and finally to a single-port approach for thoracoscopic anatomic lung resections.
July 27, 2015
The authors present a patient with a suspected cT1aN0 NSCLC right nodule, who was treated with a VATS anatomical segmentectomy.
July 22, 2015
This video shows a left upper lobectomy with wedge resection of the pulmonary artery, sleeve bronchoplasty, and mediastinal lymph node dissection in a 36-year-old female patient.
July 20, 2015
This study explores the genetical contribution to lung cancer in non-smoking patients using a state-wide cancer registry for lung cancer (n=5544). This study provides insight into which non-smoking patients are at risk for lung cancer.