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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 102(6): 473-476, 2001
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LYMPH NODE DISSECTION IN LUNG CANCER
The standard surgical treatment for stage I, II, and IIIa non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection. In our series of 214 patients with N2 disease the 5-year survival rate was 23%. Systematic mediastinal lymph node dissection provides further prognostic information on the N factor. Among NSCLC patients with a pathological diagnosis of N2, there are significant differences in the 5-year survival rate based the 3 factors of clinical N factor, N1 station metastasis, and N2 station metastasis.
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