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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 4, 534-537, Copyright © 1990 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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En bloc resection for bronchogenic carcinoma with chest wall invasion. Value of pre-operative radiotherapy

T Carrel, B Nachbur and P Veraguth
Clinic for Thoracic Surgery, University of Berne, Inselspital, Switzerland.

A small number of patients with lung cancer will have a tumour invading the chest wall. Pre-operative radiotherapy and surgical resection provide the best results in patients with Pancoast's tumours, although chest wall invasion is often considered to indicate incurability. We reviewed the outcome in 46 patients with bronchogenic carcinoma and non- apical chest wall invasion and have tried to clarify the role of adjuvant pre-operative radiotherapy. All patients underwent combined chest wall and lung resection for treatment of lung cancer which had extended grossly and microscopically into the chest wall. In this retrospective study, we identified two groups of patients, those (n = 21) who received and those (n = 25) who did not receive pre-operative radiotherapy. Curative resection had been possible in 80% of the patients. There was one early post-operative death, due to pneumonia. The survival in all 46 patients is 32% at 5 years. In the most favourable cases, those without nodal involvement and who received pre- operative radiotherapy, the 5-year survival is 56%. In our series, there was a notable difference in 5-year survival between irradiated and non-irradiated patients at every stage of disease.

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