Even though a learning curve is necessary to achieve this extreme type of surgery, selective preoperative screening of patients is mandatory. Interesting results today confirm the feasibility of possible treatment of tumors still considered unresectable.
In making its recommendations the Group set out a number of objectives. (a) Any staging protocol should be simple and widely applicable, without being limited to the lowest common demoninator. (b) The staging protocol should be sequential and logical, avoiding unnecessary tests which might prove expensive and invasive. (c) The staging protocol proceeds to identify patients suitable for treatment with curative intent since there is no purpose to staging for palliative therapy. (d) The staging protocol should be applicable to good clinical practice with all * Pretreatment minimal staging for non-small cell lung cancers: a consensus report. Goldstraw P et al. Lung Cancer 1991; 7: 7-9. 0169-5002/94/%07.00 0 1994 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved SSDI 0169-5002(94)00366-U
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