NEW DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES: SOMATOSTATIN ANALOGS. Part II 

Minerva Endocrinologica 2001 December;26(4):247-54

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language: Italian

The role of surgery in the treatment of small cell lung cancer

Puma F., Urbani M., Santoprete S., Ricci F., Sanguinetti A., Vinci D., Ottavi P., Porcaro G., Daddi G.

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a biologically aggressive tumor with a low long-term survival rate. SCLC is highly responsive to chemotherapy and surgery has a very limited role in its treatment because the disease is usually widely disseminated at the diagnosis. Good results from surgery have been reported in the small subgroup of T1-2 N0 M0 patients. In N1 peripheral SCLC, surgery in combination with other treatments, can obtain fair results. Surgical treatment does not influence the prognosis in SCLC as stage III and IV.