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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
Out of 201 patients with roentogenographically occult bronchogenic squamous cell carcinoma, 165 lesions underwent surgical operations, while 41 lesions underwent non-invasive therapy. The 5-year survival rate including all causes of death, was significantly higher in the surgical operation group than that in the non-invasive therapy group (83% vs 43%). Among 14 cases who received Nd-YAG laser treatment, one case died but 4 cases are alive bearing cancer. Since time span of follow-up period is short, it is hard to say that the prognosis of the Nd-YAG laser therapy in fair. Nd-YAG laser treatments were effective for cancers which did not invade beyond bronchial cartilage. From the bronchoscopic examinations and studies with resected lungs, we suggest that Nd-YAG laser treatments may be effective when cancer is extended within 10 mm wide and has only a slight findings in bronchoscopy.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-5252
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
75-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
[Experience of Nd-YAG laser treatment in roentogenographically occult bronchogenic squamous cell carcinoma].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Research Institute for Chest Disease and Cancer, Tohoku University.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract