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ReviewKardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery2023

Lung cancer invading the superior vena cava - surgical treatment. A short and up-to-date review.

Eleftherios Nikolaidis, Nikolaos Bolanos, Dimitrios Anagnostopoulos, Vasileios Leivaditis, Konstantinos Grapatsas, Efstratios Koletsis, Athanasios Papatriantafyllou, Ioannis Panagiotopoulos, Francesk Mulita, Nikolaos Baltayiannis and 2 more

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Review in Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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12 authors.

Eleftherios NikolaidisDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, "Metaxa" Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
Nikolaos BolanosDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, "Metaxa" Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
Dimitrios AnagnostopoulosDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, "Metaxa" Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
Vasileios LeivaditisDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Westpfal-Klinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Konstantinos GrapatsasDepartment of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Endoscopy, University Medicine Essen - Ruhrlandklinik, Essen, Germany.
Efstratios KoletsisDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Athanasios PapatriantafyllouDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Westpfal-Klinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Ioannis PanagiotopoulosDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Francesk MulitaDepartment of Surgery, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Nikolaos BaltayiannisDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, "Metaxa" Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
Manfred DahmDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Westpfal-Klinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Antonios ChatzimichalisDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, "Metaxa" Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of lung cancer, occurring in approximately 5-10% of cases. There are difficulties in the process of surgical treatment of SVC infiltrated by lung tumors but the contribution of technological evolution and innovation is promising. At the same time, the amelioration of survival rates of patients subjected to surgical treatment is equally promising. The reported outcomes of surgical treatment for SVC invasion due to lung tumors vary depending on the extent of the tumor and the patient's overall health status. However, studies clearly suggest that surgical treatment can improve survival and quality of life in selected patients. The literature review showed that the surgical approach to lung cancer invading the SVC constitutes the most indispensable treatment which helps to achieve the long-term survival of patients.

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lung cancersuperior vena cava invasionsurgical treatmentvena cava reconstruction

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PMID37564962
PMCPMC10410641

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