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Preoperative chemotherapy did not increase complications after NSCLC resection

Published in Physician Law Weekly, October 5th, 2005

Scientists claimed that preoperative chemotherapy did not increase complications after non-small cell lung cancer resection (NSCLC).

According to recent research from France, "Neoadjuvant chemotherapy before resection of NSCLC seems to increase survival, mainly in the early stage. Risks of postoperative complications after chemotherapy and surgery remain controversial."

"Here we review our experience with patients treated in one thoracic surgery center. Patients undergoing resection for NSCLC after induction chemotherapy between January 1993 and March 2002 were reviewed. Data collected included age, sex, preoperative forced expiratory volume in 1...

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