[Non-small cell lung cancer simultaneously metastatic to the brain treated by lobectomy and stereotactic irradiation]
S Ohi1, K Matsushita, H Toyoda
1Department of Tuhoracic Surgery, Iwata City Hospital, Iwata, Japan.
Kyobu Geka. the Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery
|September 20, 2005
Abstract:
We performed left upper lobectomy in 64-year-old man with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) simultaneously metastatic to the brain. He was treated by stereotactic irradiation (STI) 2 months later after lobectomy. He has been doing well now without recurrence for 5 years after the operation. We think that STI and radical lobectomy are good alternatives for patients with NSCLC metastatic to the brain.


