Central tumour location should be considered when comparing N1 upstaging between thoracoscopic and open surgery for clinical stage I non-small-cell lung cancer [THORACIC]

CONCLUSIONS
The number of lymph node stations examined during VATS resections is similar to open resections for cStage-I NSCLC. Almost one-third of the patients with a central cStage-I NSCLC were upstaged to pN1. Tumour location was the only independent variable for pN1 upstaging in logistic regression analysis. It is a potential bias in retrospective studies and should therefore be accounted for when comparing different surgical resection techniques for cStage-I NSCLC.

Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery - June 19, 2016 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Decaluwe, H., Stanzi, A., Dooms, C., Fieuws, S., Coosemans, W., Depypere, L., Deroose, C. M., Dewever, W., Nafteux, P., Peeters, S., Van Veer, H., Verbeken, E., Van Raemdonck, D., Moons, J., De Leyn, P., on behalf of the Leuven Lung Cancer Group Tags: Lung - transplantation, Mediastinum THORACIC Source Type: research