… studies, we hypothesized that surgery may be superior to radiotherapy following induction
chemotherapy. … prospective randomized trial to compare surgery with radiotherapy in patients …

… than radiotherapy (55%). The hypothesis of EORTC 08941 that surgery might improve the
prognosis of unresectable N2 disease if performed after induction chemotherapy unfortunately …

… trial to compare concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy followed by resection with standard
concurrent chemotherapy … Induction chemotherapy plus radiotherapy were well tolerated …

… participation in the study, of whom 635 were randomly assigned (Fig 1). After excluding
two … 633 patients (316 in the neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus surgery group and 317 in the …

… Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy is another promising multimodality … Its
conceptual basis is similar to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, but the addition of radiotherapy may give …

… randomized trials or whether matched case-control studies … to either modern radiotherapy
or excellent thoracic surgery. … in radiotherapy delivery, it is unlikely that a trial of this size will …

… (3), neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery has … chemotherapy and radiotherapy
has been proven that it can improve the outcome for these patients compared with radiotherapy …

… involving induction chemotherapy and definitive radiation therapy … In 1985, the Cooperative
Studies Program of the Department … , randomized clinical trial to determine whether induction …

… (1); some cycles induced more than one type of reaction. … Preoperative radiotherapy was
given to 36 (9%) CS patients and 38 (9%… radiotherapy, microscopically complete resection was …

… Concurrent administration of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy was superior …
randomized controlled trials that compared neoadjuvant chemoradiation and surgery to surgery …