Sentinel node sampling limits lymphadenectomy in stage I non-small cell lung cancer
Author(s) -
Masashi Muraoka,
Shinji Akamine,
Tadayuki Oka,
Tsutomu Tagawa,
Akihiro Nakamura,
Tomoshi Tsuchiya,
Tomayoshi Hayashi,
Takeshi Nagayasu
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.04.030
Subject(s) - stage (stratigraphy) , sentinel node , sampling (signal processing) , medicine , lung cancer , lymphadenectomy , oncology , cancer , computer science , biology , telecommunications , paleontology , breast cancer , detector
It is controversial whether a systematic mediastinal lymph node dissection (MLND) needs to be performed in all patients with stage I lung cancer. The present study was done to examine the new sentinel lymph nodes hypothesis based on the lobe of the primary tumor.
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