RESULTS OF SURGICAL-TREATMENT FOR LOCALLY ADVANCED LUNG-CANCER

Immediate and end results of surgical treatment of locally advanced lung cancer were studied in 197 patients. The technique of extensive, combined and extensive-combined operations is described. Postoperative complications associated with combined and extensive procedures were observed as frequently as those involved in standard surgery provided the technique was followed closely. Three-year survival rate for patients operated on for locally advanced squamous-cell cancer and adenocarcinoma of the lung was 15.2 % as compared to 4.1 % for those undergoing chemotherapy.