Adjuvant chemotherapy for radically resected non-small cell lung cancer

Conclusion: Our analysis shows good long-term survival data for adjuvant CT following surgery in NSCLC, which looks comparatively superior to those communicated for surgery-only series. Pathologic invasion of the lymph nodes has a strong adverse effect on patients' outcome. The positive impact of CT in this setting is indirectly sustained by the pattern of relapses, which place the brain sanctuary on the first rank. Overall, the patients' compliance was good and we delivered a medium of five cycles of adjuvant platinum-based CT.