Open AccessDistribution and prognosis of mediastinal lymph node metastases of nonsmall cell lung cancer
Author(s) -
DeAn Guo,
Yiming Ni,
Xiaoshu Lv,
Zhihao Zhang,
Peng Ye
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.191613
Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinal lymph node , lymph node , lung cancer , lung , pathology , cancer , oncology , radiology , metastasis
With the popularity of minimally invasive techniques, preoperatively determining whether mediastinal lymph node dissection (MLD) is necessary for patients with cN1/2 nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has sparked controversy once again. This study aims to analyze whether different primary sites are associated with the distribution of mediastinal lymph node metastases and to investigate the necessity of lymph node dissection and the factors influencing prognosis.