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Review
. 2003 Jan;123(1 Suppl):202S-220S.
doi: 10.1378/chest.123.1_suppl.202s.

Treatment of stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer

Lary A Robinson  1 , Henry Wagner Jr, John C Ruckdeschel; American College of Chest Physicians
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Review

Treatment of stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer

Lary A Robinson et al. Chest. 2003 Jan.

Abstract

Stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer represents a relatively heterogeneous group of patients with metastatic disease to the ipsilateral mediastinal (N2) lymph nodes and also includes T3N1 patients. Presentations of disease range from apparently resectable tumors with occult microscopic nodal metastases to unresectable, bulky multistation nodal disease. Controversy abounds as to the optimal treatment of the various stage IIIA subsets, which is fueled by a lack of meaningful, large randomized trials. Multimodality therapy of some type appears to be preferable in stage IIIA patients.

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