Abstract
A proportion of lung cancer patients develop recurrence, even after curative resection. This study reviewed the literature, focusing on the key words: recurrence, relapse, relapse-free survival, disease-free survival (DFS), surgery, and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), not overall survival (OS) to evaluate the post-operative risk factors for tumor recurrence after surgery. This article reviews the current status and progress on this subject.
- Received May 2, 2012.
- Revision received July 16, 2012.
- Accepted July 17, 2012.
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