Proposed indications for debulking surgery and hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy for stage IVA (M1a) nonsmall cell lung cancer
| Good performance status |
| Disease confined in the hemithorax |
| Parietal pleural invasion |
| Presence or not of pleural effusion |
| Resectable lung cancer(s) |
| Histologically proven N0–N1 |