Induction chemoradiation and surgical resection for superior sulcus non-small-cell lung carcinomas: long-term results of Southwest Oncology Group Trial 9416 (Intergroup Trial 0160).

W Rusch, Valerie; J Giroux, Dorothy; J Kraut, Michael; Crowley, John; Hazuka, Mark; Winton, Timothy; H Johnson, David; Shulman, Lawrence; Shepherd, Frances; Deschamps, Claude; B Livingston, Robert; Gandara, David

doi:10.1200/jco.2006.08.2826

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Induction chemoradiation and surgical resection for superior sulcus non-small-cell lung carcinomas: long-term results of Southwest Oncology Group Trial 9416 (Intergroup Trial 0160).

Published in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology • Jan 20, 2007

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Valerie W Rusch

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Dorothy J Giroux

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Michael J Kraut

Abstract

PURPOSE: Traditional treatment for superior sulcus non-small-cell lung cancers (SS NSCLC), radiation plus surgery, yields a 50% rate of complete resection and a 30% 5-year survival. On the basis of improved outcomes in other subsets of stage III NSCLC, this trial tested the feasibility of induction ...

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