Research progress of postoperative recurrence factors and postoperative radiotherapy of Ⅲ A-N2 non-small-cell lung cancer
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1006-9801.2015.10.018
- VernacularTitle:ⅢA-N2期非小细胞肺癌术后复发因素及术后放疗研究进展
- Author:
Yuejiao LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Carcinoma,non-small-cell lung;
Recurrence;
Radiotherapy
- From:
Cancer Research and Clinic
2015;27(10):714-716
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The postoperative recurrence rate of ⅢA-N2 non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is as high as 30 % to 60 %, which will affect the survival period of patients.Postoperative radiotherapy to improve local control rate on prolonging survival is the research focus, but postoperative radiotherapy has been controversial.The reasons includes the old radiotherapy technology induces many side effects which reduce the survival benefit, and how to select patients with postoperative radiotherapy is very important to establish the position of postoperative radiotherapy.