Local treatment of stage IIIA-N2 nonsmall cell lung cancer: surgery and/or radiotherapy.

Purpose Of Review: Controversy exists regarding the optimal treatment of patients with stage IIIA-N2 nonsmall cell lung cancer because of its heterogeneity. Patients are at risk for both local and distant disease relapse after primary local treatment. However, there may be a window of opportunity for surgery, if mediastinal downstaging has been obtained after induction therapy.