Pathological complete response after afatinib treatment of stage IV oligometastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung: the role of pulmonary surgery

Abstract Background Some oligometastatic lung cancer patients, after induction systemic chemotherapy or tyrosine kinases inhibitor treatment, followed by aggressive radical consolidative treatment, have improved overall survival. Unfortunately, clinical criteria cannot assess such patients. Case pre...

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Main Authors: Ping-Chung Tsai, Yi-Chen Yeh, Chien-Sheng Huang, Chao-Hua Chiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Surgical Society 2019-11-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-019-0741-3
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