Adenosquamous carcinoma of the lung: surgical results as compared with squamous cell and adenocarcinoma cases

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Authors

Hajime Maeda · Toneyama National Hospital

Akira Matsumura · National Kinki Chuo Hospital for Chest Disease

Takafumi Kawabata

Tetsushi Suito · Ibarakihigashi National Hospital

Osamu Kawashima · Kuma Hospital

Takeshi Watanabe · Nishi Niigata Chuo National Hospital

Kan Okabayashi · Fukuoka Higashi Medical Center

Abstract

ASC of the lung is more aggressive than AC and SC. The decreased survival of patients with ASC as compared with either of those single histology tumors suggests the need for a clinical trial of adjuvant chemotherapy that includes early-stage patients.

Topics & Keywords

Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Volume 41, Issue 2, pp. 357-361

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.05.050

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