Loizidou Avgi, Lim Eric
Academic Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, United Kingdom.
Academic Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, United Kingdom; National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
Thorac Surg Clin. 2021 Aug;31(3):317-321. doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2021.04.011.
Small cell lung cancer is an aggressive form of cancer. Previously, surgery was rarely considered because most patients present at the advanced stages of the disease. New research and the advances in medical imaging has challenged this notion proving that, as part of a multimodal treatment pathway, surgery has a key role to play in the management of patients with early small cell lung cancer. In this chapter, we present the most pertinent research that has shaped clinical practice and outline the current treatment algorithm for small cell lung cancer.
小细胞肺癌是一种侵袭性癌症。此前，很少考虑手术治疗，因为大多数患者就诊时已处于疾病晚期。新的研究和医学成像技术的进步对这一观念提出了挑战，证明作为多模式治疗途径的一部分，手术在早期小细胞肺癌患者的管理中可发挥关键作用。在本章中，我们介绍了影响临床实践的最相关研究，并概述了目前小细胞肺癌的治疗算法。
