INTRODUCTION: @entity5 are a unique form of @entity2 . Preoperative concurrent radio- and chemotherapy improves the results of treating these @entity2 . AIM: The study aimed to assess the early results of a trimodality treatment for superior @entity5 . MATERIAL AND METHODS: Fifty-six superior @entity5 @entity1 were operated on between 2006 and 2013. Data from 25 @entity1 undergoing preoperative chemoradiotherapy were analyzed. Fifteen @entity1 and 10 @entity1 were treated (mean age: 59 years). All @entity1 experienced @entity158 in the pectoral girdle of the chest. RESULTS: Nineteen @entity1 received preoperative chemoradiotherapy consisting of 2 chemotherapy cycles with @entity900 (a different number of cycles was administered in 6 cases) and irradiation at a mean dose of 51.2 Gy (30-60 Gy) in 25 fractions (25-30 fractions). All @entity1 underwent upper lobectomy. Twenty-two @entity1 underwent chest wall resection, whereas 3 @entity1 underwent extrapleural excision of the infiltrate without rib resection. Stages IIB and IIIB were diagnosed in 15 and 10 @entity1 , respectively. In 9 samples, no neoplastic features were found, 9 showed individual neoplastic lesions, and in 7 most @entity5 cells were necrotized. The R1 resection was noted in 2 @entity1 . Mean hospitalization time was 13 days. No perioperative @entity204 were noted. CONCLUSIONS: The trimodality treatment for superior @entity5 is a safe method. Perioperative mortality and the number of complications observed among @entity1 treated with this method are similar to those observed in one-phase surgery. In over half of the @entity1 , chemoradiotherapy resulted in complete or nearly complete remission of the @entity5 .

Early results of a trimodality treatment for superior XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'men'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'Superior sulcus tumors', 'sulcus tumors', 'neoplasm'] @entity2 :: ('MESH:D008175', 'Disease') :: ['lung tumors', 'lung cancer'] @entity900 :: ('MESH:D002945', 'Chemical') :: ['cisplatin'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['deaths']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['sulcus tumors']
