Surgery for stage Ⅳ non-small cell lung cancer / 中国癌症杂志

ABSTRACT

Stage Ⅳ non-small cell lung cancer should be restaged according different prognosis. Some patients with advanced NSCLC who received operative resection may be cured. Based on completely resection of primary lung cancer that no mediastinal lymphnode metastasis solitary brain metastasis or adrenal metastasis or ipsilateral lung metastasis should be considered for resection. Palliative surgery should be a part of multidisciplinary therapy for selective patients with advanced NSCLC.