[Extensive and combined resections in poorly differentiated lung cancer]

The article generalizes an experience with surgical treatment of lung cancer of low-differentiated structures in 108 patients. Extended and combined resections of the lung in such patients were shown to be expedient. From 83 patients who had had bronchial biopsy in the process of preoperative examination 35 patients (42.2%) had results of histological examinations of the biopsy and operative materials which did not coincide. Extended and combined resections for lung cancer of low-differentiated structure gave 5-year survival in 15.6% of the patients.