The Treatment of Locally Advanced Lung Cancer

Posted On 2020-12-16 17:51:19


This series on “The Treatment of Locally Advanced Lung Cancer” is edited by:
- Davide Tosi, MD, Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplant Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Francesco Sforza, Milan, Italy; and
- Alessandro Palleschi, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

The locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has always been a middle ground between surgeon and medical therapy. In the clinical practice, the approach and management of this category of patients represent the moment of greater interaction between different specialties as well an extremely stimulating pathway.

Editorial
Introduction to the CCTS special series “The treatment of locally advanced lung cancer”
Davide Tosi, Alessandro Palleschi

Original Article
T4 non-small cell lung cancer invading the heart or the major thoracic vessels
Elisa De Franceschi, Andrea Dell’Amore, Alice Bellini, Alessandro Pangoni, Michele Dario Russo, Matilde Rocchi, Giovanni Maria Comacchio, Giorgio Cannone, Marco Mammana, Marco Schiavon, Andrea Zuin, Federico Rea

Review Article
Immunotherapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: current evidence and future perspectives
Alice Indini, Erika Rijavec, Claudia Bareggi, Francesco Grossi

Multi-modality treatment of locally advanced lung cancer: a focus on radiotherapy
Simona Castiglioni, Flora Cammarano, Cinzia Plasmati, Erika Di Betta, Paola Grosso

Posterior and anterior sulcus tumors
Francesca Signore, Teodora Panza, Debora Brascia, Giulia De Iaco, Angela Fiorella, Marcella Schiavone, Alessandro Geronimo, Doroty Sampietro, Federico Rea, Giuseppe Marulli

The outcome of patients treated with salvage surgery after chemo-radiotherapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma
Marco Nardini, Alessandro Pardolesi

Tracheal and carinal resections in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer: a trend to a minimally invasive approach
William Guido-Guerrero, Albert Bolaños-Cubillo, Alejandro García-Pérez, Diego González-Rivas

Non-small-cell lung cancer involving the pleura: a narrative review on the diagnostic and therapeutic pathway
Alessandro Gonfiotti, Lavinia Gatteschi, Alberto Salvicchi, Luca Voltolini

Editorial Commentary
Surgery after induction chemo or immunotherapy for locally advanced NSCLC
Filippo Lococo, Carolina Sassorossi, Ciro Mazzarella, Emanuele Vita, Fausto Leoncini, Antonella Martino, Dania Nachira, Marco Chiappetta, Alfredo Cesario, Rocco Trisolini, Emilio Bria, Stefano Margaritora

Risk models to predict outcomes following lung cancer surgery: where are we at?
Elena Prisciandaro, Luca Bertolaccini, Antonio Mazzella, Giulia Sedda, Lorenzo Spaggiari

Disclosure:
The series “The Treatment of Locally Advanced Lung Cancer” was commissioned by the editorial office, Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery without any sponsorship or funding. Davide Tosi and Alessandro Palleschi are serving as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.