Is there any survival benefit of surgery after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and persisting pn2/3 in stage III NSCLC?

V. Steger, T. Walles, B. Kosan, T. Walker, S. Veit, T. Kyriss, G. Friedel (Gerlingen, Tuebingen, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer
Session: Diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 385
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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