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Unresectable Lung Carcinoma

MedGen UID:
1652331
•Concept ID:
C4744439
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

Lung carcinoma that is not amenable to surgical resection. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation in the management of lung tumors: presentation of clinical experience on a series of 35 patients.
Thanos L, Mylona S, Ptohis N, Tsiouris S, Sotiropoulou E, Pomoni A, Pomoni M
Diagn Interv Radiol 2009 Dec;15(4):290-6. Epub 2009 Oct 5 doi: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.1828-08.2. PMID: 19813168

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Salvage Surgery After Chemotherapy or Chemoradiotherapy for Initially Unresectable Lung Carcinoma.
Sonobe M, Yutaka Y, Nakajima D, Hamaji M, Menju T, Ohsumi A, Chen-Yoshikawa TF, Sato T, Date H
Ann Thorac Surg 2019 Dec;108(6):1664-1670. Epub 2019 Aug 21 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.06.087. PMID: 31445048
Predictive factors for suicidal ideation in patients with unresectable lung carcinoma.
Akechi T, Okamura H, Nishiwaki Y, Uchitomi Y
Cancer 2002 Sep 1;95(5):1085-93. doi: 10.1002/cncr.10769. PMID: 12209695
The clinical course of lung carcinoma in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Parekh K, Rusch V, Kris M
Cancer 1999 Nov 1;86(9):1720-3. PMID: 10547544
Stop-flow thoracic perfusion for unresectable pulmonary carcinoma with or without inhalation IL-2 immunotherapy. A prospective randomized study.
Lygidakis NJ, Safioleas M, Sgourakis G, Aphinives P
Hepatogastroenterology 1999 Mar-Apr;46(26):792-8. PMID: 10370615
Combined laser therapy and endobronchial radiotherapy for unresectable lung carcinoma with bronchial obstruction.
Allen MD, Baldwin JC, Fish VJ, Goffinet DR, Cannon WB, Mark JB
Am J Surg 1985 Jul;150(1):71-7. doi: 10.1016/0002-9610(85)90012-1. PMID: 2409829

Diagnosis

Predictive factors for suicidal ideation in patients with unresectable lung carcinoma.
Akechi T, Okamura H, Nishiwaki Y, Uchitomi Y
Cancer 2002 Sep 1;95(5):1085-93. doi: 10.1002/cncr.10769. PMID: 12209695
The clinical course of lung carcinoma in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Parekh K, Rusch V, Kris M
Cancer 1999 Nov 1;86(9):1720-3. PMID: 10547544
Stop-flow thoracic perfusion for unresectable pulmonary carcinoma with or without inhalation IL-2 immunotherapy. A prospective randomized study.
Lygidakis NJ, Safioleas M, Sgourakis G, Aphinives P
Hepatogastroenterology 1999 Mar-Apr;46(26):792-8. PMID: 10370615

Therapy

Salvage Surgery After Chemotherapy or Chemoradiotherapy for Initially Unresectable Lung Carcinoma.
Sonobe M, Yutaka Y, Nakajima D, Hamaji M, Menju T, Ohsumi A, Chen-Yoshikawa TF, Sato T, Date H
Ann Thorac Surg 2019 Dec;108(6):1664-1670. Epub 2019 Aug 21 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.06.087. PMID: 31445048
Stop-flow thoracic perfusion for unresectable pulmonary carcinoma with or without inhalation IL-2 immunotherapy. A prospective randomized study.
Lygidakis NJ, Safioleas M, Sgourakis G, Aphinives P
Hepatogastroenterology 1999 Mar-Apr;46(26):792-8. PMID: 10370615
Combined laser therapy and endobronchial radiotherapy for unresectable lung carcinoma with bronchial obstruction.
Allen MD, Baldwin JC, Fish VJ, Goffinet DR, Cannon WB, Mark JB
Am J Surg 1985 Jul;150(1):71-7. doi: 10.1016/0002-9610(85)90012-1. PMID: 2409829

Prognosis

Salvage Surgery After Chemotherapy or Chemoradiotherapy for Initially Unresectable Lung Carcinoma.
Sonobe M, Yutaka Y, Nakajima D, Hamaji M, Menju T, Ohsumi A, Chen-Yoshikawa TF, Sato T, Date H
Ann Thorac Surg 2019 Dec;108(6):1664-1670. Epub 2019 Aug 21 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.06.087. PMID: 31445048
Percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation in the management of lung tumors: presentation of clinical experience on a series of 35 patients.
Thanos L, Mylona S, Ptohis N, Tsiouris S, Sotiropoulou E, Pomoni A, Pomoni M
Diagn Interv Radiol 2009 Dec;15(4):290-6. Epub 2009 Oct 5 doi: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.1828-08.2. PMID: 19813168
Predictive factors for suicidal ideation in patients with unresectable lung carcinoma.
Akechi T, Okamura H, Nishiwaki Y, Uchitomi Y
Cancer 2002 Sep 1;95(5):1085-93. doi: 10.1002/cncr.10769. PMID: 12209695
The clinical course of lung carcinoma in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Parekh K, Rusch V, Kris M
Cancer 1999 Nov 1;86(9):1720-3. PMID: 10547544
Combined laser therapy and endobronchial radiotherapy for unresectable lung carcinoma with bronchial obstruction.
Allen MD, Baldwin JC, Fish VJ, Goffinet DR, Cannon WB, Mark JB
Am J Surg 1985 Jul;150(1):71-7. doi: 10.1016/0002-9610(85)90012-1. PMID: 2409829

Clinical prediction guides

Salvage Surgery After Chemotherapy or Chemoradiotherapy for Initially Unresectable Lung Carcinoma.
Sonobe M, Yutaka Y, Nakajima D, Hamaji M, Menju T, Ohsumi A, Chen-Yoshikawa TF, Sato T, Date H
Ann Thorac Surg 2019 Dec;108(6):1664-1670. Epub 2019 Aug 21 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.06.087. PMID: 31445048
Predictive factors for suicidal ideation in patients with unresectable lung carcinoma.
Akechi T, Okamura H, Nishiwaki Y, Uchitomi Y
Cancer 2002 Sep 1;95(5):1085-93. doi: 10.1002/cncr.10769. PMID: 12209695

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