Journal article
Surgery for lung cancer invading the mediastinum
Journal of thoracic disease, Vol.8(Suppl 11), pp.S889-S894
11/01/2016
DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2016.06.71
PMCID: PMC5124591
PMID: 27942411
Abstract
Lung cancer infiltrating the mediastinum is a subset of locally advanced lung tumors for which surgery is not routinely offered. Radical operations that involve removal of adjacent mediastinal structures to obtain free margins may provide a realistic cure. Such extended resections are typically reserved to highly motivated patients seeking more aggressive management, and are only offered following complete evaluation on a case-by-case basis. Positive prognosis depends on complete R0 resection and lack of mediastinal nodal metastases. Careful and exhaustive preoperative planning as well as surgical expertise cannot be overemphasized for successful surgical outcomes. Here we provide a brief summary of the literature as well as our own experience managing these rare and sometimes challenging surgeries.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Surgery for lung cancer invading the mediastinum
- Creators
- Adnan M. Al-Ayoubi - Icahn Sch Med Mt Sinai, Mt Sinai Hlth Syst, Dept Thorac Surg, One Gustave L Levy Pl,Box 1023, New York, NY 10029 USARaja M. Flores - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of thoracic disease, Vol.8(Suppl 11), pp.S889-S894
- DOI
- 10.21037/jtd.2016.06.71
- PMID
- 27942411
- PMCID
- PMC5124591
- NLM abbreviation
- J Thorac Dis
- ISSN
- 2072-1439
- eISSN
- 2077-6624
- Publisher
- AME PUBLISHING COMPANY
- Number of pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984701723002771
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