Salvage Operation in Case of Oligometastatic Disease.

Ann Thorac Surg

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address:

Published: May 2017

In general, prognosis of stage IV non-small cell lung cancer is poor, and treatment is mostly palliative. However, oligometastatic disease is currently recognized as a specific entity with a better prognosis. We report a patient where combined chemoradiotherapy and salvage surgery led to extraordinary long-term survival.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.11.019DOI Listing

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