Second Hand Smoke Exposure and Survival in Early-Stage Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients

Lymph node dissection and survival in patients with early stage nonsmall cell lung cancer

It is still debatable whether complete mediastinal lymph node dissection (MLND) is associated with better survival than mediastinal lymph node sampling (MLNS) in surgical treatment of nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We aimed to assess the impact of lymph node dissection on long-term survival among stage I NSCLC patients.In this cohort study, 317 stage I NSCLC Chinese patients in Shanghai Che...

Radiofrequency Ablation for Early-Stage Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer

This review examines studies of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and discusses the role of RFA in treatment of early-stage NSCLC. RFA is usually performed under local anesthesia with computed tomography guidance. RFA-associated mortality, while being rare, can result from pulmonary events. RFA causes pneumothorax in up to 63% of cases, although pneumothorax req...

Second - hand Smoke and Cancer

Survival and Prognostic Factors in Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients in Turkey

Background: Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a highly aggressive tumor. Objective: To evaluate the survival and time to progression of patients with SCLC admitted to a chest disease center in Istanbul, Turkey. Methods: Based on the reports of a pulmonary oncology clinic, data regarding performance status (PS), clinical stage of disease, treatment, time to progression and survival of 67 patients...

Survival in untreated early stage non-small cell lung cancer.

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the survival of untreated stage I and II in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis of medical charts of all patients diagnosed with early stage NSCLC, between January 1990 and December 2001, was conducted and patients who were not treated were identified. Data on patient's age, gender, stage ...