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SUBMITTER: Shin S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6954564 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shin Sumin S Choi Yong Soo YS Jung Jae Jun JJ Im Yunjoo Y Shin Sun Hye SH Kang Danbee D Cho Jong Ho JH Kim Hong Kwan HK Kim Jhingook J Zo Jae Ill JI Shim Young Mog YM Park Keunchil K Ahn Myung-Ju MJ Ahn Yong Chan YC Lee Genehee G Cho Juhee J Lee Ho Yun HY Park Hye Yun HY
Respiratory research 20200110 1
<h4>Background and objective</h4>This study aims to evaluate the impact of diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLco) before and after neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) on postoperative pulmonary complication (PPC) among stage IIIA/N2 non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.<h4>Methods</h4>We retrospectively studied 324 patients with stage IIIA/N2 NSCLC between 2009 and 2016. Patients were classified into 4 groups according to DLco before and after neoadjuvant CC ...[more]