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Preoperative functional workup is of paramount importance to stratify risk and choose the most appropriate treatment for patients with locally advanced lung cancer.
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What is the current evidence on preoperative functional evaluation for patients with locally advanced lung cancer?
What is the current evidence on preoperative functional evaluation for patients with locally advanced lung cancer?
Preoperative functional workup is essential for risk stratification in patients with locally advanced lung cancer undergoing major resections.
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Preoperative functional workup aids risk stratification in locally advanced lung cancer; leaves open prospective validation of specific protocols.
Locally advanced lung cancer remains a surgical indication in selected patients. This condition often demands larger resections. As a consequence preoperative functional workup is of paramount importance to stratify the risk and choose the most appropriate treatment. We reviewed the current evidence on functional evaluation with a special focus on specific aspects related to locally advanced lung cancer stages (i.e., risk after neoadjuvant treatment, pneumonectomy). Evidence is discussed to provide information that could assist clinicians in their preoperative workup of these challenging patients.
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Alessandro Brunelli (2016) conducted a review in Locally advanced lung cancer. Preoperative functional workup was evaluated. Preoperative functional workup is of paramount importance to stratify risk and choose the most appropriate treatment for patients with locally advanced lung cancer.
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