Mediastinal Nodal Involvement in Patients with Clinical Stage I Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Possibility of Rational Lymph Node Dissection

Conclusions: It would be acceptable to perform selective LND in patients with c-stage I NSCLC with ground glass opacity- predominant tumor. Elevated serum carcinoembryonic antigen was associated with upper mediastinal lymph node involvement in lower-lobe primary lung adenocarcinoma with radiologically solid-predominant tumor. We should be careful when applying selective LND to patients with solid-predominant tumor, especially located in the lower lobe.
Source: Journal of Thoracic Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research