[Effect of ondansetron hydrochloride injection and tablet against nausea and vomiting in lung cancer patients receiving carboplatin].

We investigated the efficacy of combination of ondansetron hydrochloride injection and tablet against nausea and vomiting in 22 lung cancer patients (total number of chemotherapy courses: 23) receiving chemotherapy of single-dose carboplatin (CBDCA) at a dose of 302.2 +/- 31.9 mg/m2.

[The usefulness of mediastinoscopy for primary lung cancer].

The usefulness of mediastinoscopy for lung cancer was retrospectively evaluated for the aspect of prognosis. The subjects were 421 patients with primary lung cancer except exploratory thoracotomy. In the MD(+) group, there was no difference in prognosis between right and left sided thoracotomies, but in the MD(-) group there was a tendency for poorer prognosis in the left-sided thoracotomy (p < 0.