Treatment of lung cancer and lung metastases

Poster Discussion
Chairs: P. E. van Schil (Edegem, Belgium), M. Perelman (Moscow, Russia)

Videothoracoscopy in diagnosis and treatment of single round lung neoplasms V. Klimenko, A. Barchuk, V. Lemekhov (St Petersburg, Russia)
Videothoracoscopic excision of lung nodules surgical treatment M. Pikunov, A. Vishnevsky (Moscow, Russia)
Results of VATS wedge resection for solitary pulmonary nodule – 117 consecutive cases T. Laisaar, T. Vooder (Tartu, Estonia)
Complexity of diagnostics of complicated lung cancer L. N. Bisenkov, S. A. Shalaev, I. M. Kuznetsov, O. B. Ilina, G. S. Zubov (St Petersburg, Russia)
Surgical treatment of N2 non-small cell lung cancer A. L. Akopov, I. V. Dvorakovskaia (St Petersburg, Russia)
Utitilty of intra-operative frozen section examination in thoracic surgery: review of 603 patients M. Sirmali, F. Demirag, E. Aydin, H. Turut, S. Gezer, S. Kaya, I. A. Tastepe (Ankara, Turkey)
Prognostic value of smoking status in operated non-small cell lung cancer P. Sardari Nia, J. Weyler, C. Colpaert, P. Vermeulen, E. Van Marck, P. Van Schil (Antwerp, Belgium)
Prognositc value of lymphatic and blood vessel invasion in neuroendocrine tumours of the lung K. Schmid, P. Birner, V. Gravenhorst, A. End, S. Geleff (Vienna, Austria)
New approach to differential diagnosis of lung focal tumors on the basis of investigations of glutation metabolism ferments A. A. Vishnevsky, M. Y. Pikunov (Moscow, Russia)
Prognostic value of non-angiogenic and angiogenic growth patterns in non-small cell lung cancer P. Sardari Nia, C. Colpaert, P. Vermeulen, E. Van Marck, P. Van Schil (Antwerp, Belgium)
An elevated serum level of cyfra 21 heralds poor outcome for operable bronchogenic cancer G. Nikolaev, V. Kossenok, X. Ducrocq, P. Meyer, J. M. Wihlm, E. Quoix, G. Massard (Strasbourg, France; St Petersburg, Russia)
Standard vs. extended pneumonectomy: long term survival and complications D. R. Subotic, D. V. Mandaric, N. P. Atanasijadis, T. M. Eminovic, M. M. Gajic (Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro)
Time trends in long term survival of patients operated for primary NSCLC D. R. Subotic, D. V. Mandaric, T. M. Eminovic, Z. Spasic, M. M. Gajic (Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro)
Long-term effect of pneumonectomy in the childhood J. Buchwald, M. Maciaszczyk, M. Przybyla, M. Wajda, W. Tomalak (Rabka, Poland)
Low tri-iodothyronine state: a relevant factor in determining outcome in thoracic surgery patients? Evidence from a clinical study E. Scoscia, L. Di Carlo, A. Semeraro, S. Baglioni, T. Todisco, G. Daddi, M. Ragusa (Perugia, Italy)
One-stage operative interventions at lung cancer and other bodies L. N. Bisenkov, S. A. Shalaev (St Petersburg, Russia)
The surgical treatment of patients with lung metastases M. Y. Pikunov, A. A. Vishnevsky (Moscow, Russia)
Isolated lung perfusion with melphalan for resectable lung metastases: a phase I clinical trial M. E. Grootenboers, J. M. Hendriks, W. J. van Boven, F. M. Schramel, P. E. Van Schil (Edegem, Belgium; Nieuwegein, The Netherlands)
Combination chemotherapy with gemcitabine using isolated lung perfusion for the treatment of lung metastases B. P. Van Putte, J. M. H. Hendriks, S. Romijn, B. Pauwels, J. B. Vermorken, P. E. Y. Van Schil (Edegem, Belgium)