Surgical Intervention for Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients with Pleural Carcinomatosis: Results From the Japanese Lung Cancer Registry in 2004

This study evaluated outcomes in patients undergoing resection for lung cancer who were found at surgery to have pleural carcinomatosis.  2.9% of registry patients were identified, of whom 49% had a macroscopic complete resection.  5-year survival in those without other metastatic disease was 29%.  5-year survival in those undergoing macroscopic complete resection was 37%.