Lung cancer: Research validates surgery alone offers reasonable overall survival for stage I SCLC
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 22:35
in Health & Medicine
A new study investigates the utilization of surgery and the subsequent need for radiotherapy when treating stage I small cell lung cancer. Traditionally, SCLC treatment regimes include chemotherapy and radiotherapy for limited stage disease; however, the study concludes that in selected patients with early stage disease a lobectomy (removal of lung) had an excellent overall survival without additional treatment.