Use of preoperative chemotherapy with or without postoperative radiotherapy in technically resectable stage IIIA non-small-cell lung cancer. Provincial Lung Cancer Disease Site Group.

GUIDELINE QUESTION: Should preoperative (neoadjuvant) cisplatin-based chemotherapy with or without postoperative radiotherapy be offered to patients with technically resectable stage IIIA non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to improve survival? (Resectability should be determined preoperatively by a thoracic surgeon.) OBJECTIVE: To make recommendations about the use of preoperative cisplatin-based chemotherapy with or without postoperative …