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. 2003 Oct 1;4(1):15-8.
doi: 10.1102/1470-7330.2003.0028.

Lung cancer: assessing resectability

Leslie E Quint  1
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Lung cancer: assessing resectability

Leslie E Quint. Cancer Imaging. .

Abstract

Staging classification in patients with non-small cell lung cancer does not always correlate perfectly with surgical resectability. Therefore, it is important to evaluate individual features of a patient's tumor in order to determine if surgical resection is the optimal method of treatment, regardless of tumor stage. Such features include characteristics of the primary tumor, regional lymph nodes and distant sites.

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Figure 1
NSCLC (*) adjacent to the middle lobe bronchus (arrow in (a)). Surgically proven minimal tumor extension through the pericardium into mediastinal fat (arrow in (b)). The tumor was successfully resected using a middle lobe sleeve lobectomy.
Figure 2
Figure 2
NSCLC (*) invading into the left atrium via the right inferior pulmonary vein (arrow). Minimal tumor extension into the atrial lumen is sometimes resectable.
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