Surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer: Mediastinal lymph node dissection

Elisa Meacci; Stefano Margaritora; Alfredo Cesario; Venanzio Porziella; Kenji Kawamukai; Alessio Piraino; Maria Letizia Vita; Adele Tessiture; Giacomo Cusumano; Pierluigi Granone

Surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer: Mediastinal lymph node dissection

Elisa Meacci, Stefano Margaritora, Alfredo Cesario, Venanzio Porziella, Kenji Kawamukai, Alessio Piraino, Maria Letizia Vita, Adele Tessiture, Giacomo Cusumano, Pierluigi Granone

Istituto San Raffaele Pisana

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Abstract

The effectiveness of lymph node dissection in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer is evaluated. The extent of lymphadenectomy in the treatment of NSCLC is still controversial. Although some centers perform only mediastinal lymph node sampling with resection of suspicious lymph nodes, others recommend radical, systematic mediastinal lymph node dissection to improve survival and achieve a better staging. Reports of the literature on the subject are reviewed and the results achieved with the various procedures are analyzed. A personal technique to perform mediastinal lymph node dissection is described.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	423-429
Number of pages	7
Journal	Rays - International Journal of Radiological Sciences
Volume	29
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - 2004

Keywords

Mediastinal lymph node dissection
Mediastinal node metastases
Non-small cell lung cancer
Sentinel lymph node
Skip metastasis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer : Mediastinal lymph node dissection. / Meacci, Elisa; Margaritora, Stefano; Cesario, Alfredo; Porziella, Venanzio; Kawamukai, Kenji; Piraino, Alessio; Vita, Maria Letizia; Tessiture, Adele; Cusumano, Giacomo; Granone, Pierluigi.

In: Rays - International Journal of Radiological Sciences, Vol. 29, No. 4, 2004, p. 423-429.

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Meacci, Elisa ; Margaritora, Stefano ; Cesario, Alfredo ; Porziella, Venanzio ; Kawamukai, Kenji ; Piraino, Alessio ; Vita, Maria Letizia ; Tessiture, Adele ; Cusumano, Giacomo ; Granone, Pierluigi. / Surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer : Mediastinal lymph node dissection. In: Rays - International Journal of Radiological Sciences. 2004 ; Vol. 29, No. 4. pp. 423-429.

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