Advantage of Induction Chemoradiotherapy for Lung Cancer in Securing Cancer-Free Bronchial Margin Hiroki Sato, MD, Shinichi Toyooka, MD, PhD, Junichi Soh, MD, PhD, Katsuyuki Hotta, MD, PhD, Kuniaki Katsui, MD, PhD, Kazuhiko Shien, MD, PhD, Hiromasa Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Takahiro Oto, MD, PhD, Susumu Kanazawa, MD, PhD, Katsuyuki Kiura, MD, PhD, Shinichiro Miyoshi, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 104, Issue 3, Pages 971-978 (September 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.03.045 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Positive-pathologic findings of the frozen sections were classified into three categories: (A) epithelium, (B) stromal, and (C) adventitia. Each black circle indicates the invasion of cancer cells. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 104, 971-978DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.03.045) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier curves show the overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) rates for the entire population. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 104, 971-978DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.03.045) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Kaplan-Meier curves show the (A) overall survival (OS) and (B) recurrence-free survival (RFS) rates for patients in the primary surgical procedure (PS) and induction chemoradiotherapy (IC) groups. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 104, 971-978DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.03.045) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions