Martini N, Ginsberg R J
Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York.
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 1990 Dec;4(6):1121-31.
Patients with stage IIIa non-small cell carcinoma of the lung who could benefit from surgical treatment include those with tumors that invade chest wall, diaphragm, or mediastinum, as well as patients who present with mediastinal lymph node involvement. As long as surgery remains the most effective mode of treatment in non-small cell lung carcinoma, it is important that it be made available, when indicated, to the greatest number of patients possible. The continuing high incidence of deaths due to distant metastases underscores the need to combine effective chemotherapy and radiotherapy with the surgical treatment.
可从手术治疗中获益的Ⅲa期非小细胞肺癌患者包括肿瘤侵犯胸壁、膈肌或纵隔的患者，以及出现纵隔淋巴结受累的患者。只要手术仍然是非小细胞肺癌最有效的治疗方式，那么在有指征时，尽可能让更多患者能够接受手术就很重要。因远处转移导致的持续高死亡率凸显了将有效的化疗和放疗与手术治疗相结合的必要性。
