ENHANCED EFFICACY OF SURGERY IN LUNG CANCER TREATMENT

Khodak A.S., V.I. Starikov

Findings of radical surgery in 165 patients with non-small cell lung cancer are analyzed. The patients were additionally exposed to either selective lymphodissection (group 1) or systemic mediastinal lymphodissection (group 2). Extended volume of lymphodissection does not increase the risk of post-surgery complications and lethality. In T1-3N1-2M0 patients, the 3-year survival rate is shown to increase to 56.8 ± 1.5% after systemic mediastinal lymphodissection (group 2) versus 40.5 ± 1.3% in group 1.