Controversies over the treatment for stage Ⅲ A-N2 non-small cell lung cancer and related advances / 中华放射肿瘤学杂志

ABSTRACT

Stage Ⅲ A non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has high heterogeneity and there are some controversies over the treatment of this disease,especially for patients with stage ⅢA-N2 NSCLC.This article investigates whether preoperative or postoperative radiotherapy can improve the survival of patients with stage ⅢA-N2 NSCLC and evaluates the effect of surgical treatment.