Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3419906 | Revue de Pneumologie Clinique | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Over the last fifty years, the management of superior sulcus tumors has known a continuous improvement. The first good results were obtained with a sequential association of radiotherapy and surgery. Progress of surgery was possible thanks to the use of different resectional approaches: posterolateral, anterior transcervical-thoracic approach, then the transmanubrial approach and finally the achievement of total vertebrectomy for en bloc resection according to the carcinologic principles. Currently, the most efficient strategy seems to be a combined multimodal combination including induction radio-chemotherapy followed by surgery.
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Authors
D. Grunenwald,