When Roscius was an actor in Rome- Care for the elderly with N2-positive non-small-cell lung cancer

摘要

The problem of stage III non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is one of the most interesting in all of thoracic oncology. The issues arise from the relative inaccessibility of the mediastinum to biopsy,2-3 the great heterogeneity of the population (ranging from patients with T3N1M0, through those with T1-3N2M0, and since the American Joint Committee on Cancer 7th edition system, patients with T4N0-1M0 disease),4 and the diversity of potential treatment options.5 Even within the more homogeneous group, those with stage IIIA on the basis of N2 disease, there remains great heterogeneity because of the range of T-categories included, and differences in the amount of N2 disease.