Surgical Intervention for Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients with Pleural Carcinomatosis: Results From the Japanese Lung Cancer Registry in 2004 Tomohiko Iida, MD, Mitsutoshi Shiba, MD, Ichiro Yoshino, MD, Etsuo Miyaoka, PhD, Hisao Asamura, MD, Hiroshi Date, MD, Meinoshin Okumura, MD, Hirohito Tada, MD, Yoichi Nakanishi, MD, Hirotoshi Dosaka-Akita, MD, Hideo Kobayashi, MD, Kazuhisa Takahashi, MD, Masayoshi Inoue, MD, Kohei Yokoi, MD Journal of Thoracic Oncology Volume 10, Issue 7, Pages 1076-1082 (July 2015) DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000554 Copyright © 2015 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 1 Overall survivals according to status of pleural carcinomatosis. MPE, malignant pleural effusion; MPN, malignant pleural nodules. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2015 10, 1076-1082DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0000000000000554) Copyright © 2015 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 2 Overall survivals according to presence/absence of gross residual tumor and primary tumor resection. Patients with missing data on gross residual tumor (n = 14) were excluded. MCR, macroscopic complete resection; MIR, macroscopic incomplete resection; ET, exploratory thoracotomy. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2015 10, 1076-1082DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0000000000000554) Copyright © 2015 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions