Title: Tumor size does not predict pathological complete response rates after pre-operative chemoradiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer.
Authors: Vos, Cornelis G.; Dahele, Max; Dickhoff, Chris; Senan, Suresh; Thunnissen, Erik; Hartemink, Koen J.
Abstract: A letter to the editor is presented which describes a retrospective study of the effectiveness pf pre-operative induction chemoradiotherapy in treating superior sulcus tumors (SST) in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). Patients received radiotherapy planning computed tomography (CT) prior to treatment to determine tumor size. Other topics include the histopathological analysis of resected tumor specimens, radiotherapy dosage, and statistical analysis of patent treatment response data.
Subjects: CHI-squared test; COMBINED modality therapy; STATISTICAL correlation; HISTOLOGICAL techniques; LUNG cancer; TOMOGRAPHY; U-statistics; RETROSPECTIVE studies; PLANNING techniques; RECEIVER operating characteristic curves; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Publication: Acta Oncologica, 2013, Vol 52, Issue 3, p676
ISSN: 0284-186X
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2012.718794

Tumor size does not predict pathological complete response rates after pre-operative chemoradiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer.

Vos, Cornelis G.; Dahele, Max; Dickhoff, Chris; Senan, Suresh; Thunnissen, Erik; Hartemink, Koen J.