Surgical Treatment of Bronchial Carcinoma: Screening Methods, Early and Late Results

by J. Hasse

If a consecutive series of patients with lung cancer is followed up until the decision is made about therapy, it emerges that the role of surgery is quite small. Only a very limited proportion will ultimate- ly qualify for rationally conceived surgical therapy; most patients are inoperable. In a series of 397 patients investigated at our hospi- tal, 78% were inoperable on the basis of preoperative evaluation and a further 3% proved nonresectable at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642709796
• ISBN13: 9783642709791
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"