Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Editorial
. 2017 Nov;9(11):4169-4170.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.10.39.

Complete mediastinal lymph node dissection versus systematic lymph node sampling in surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer: do we have the answer?

Yuzhao Wang  1 , Gail E Darling  1
Affiliations
Editorial

Complete mediastinal lymph node dissection versus systematic lymph node sampling in surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer: do we have the answer?

Yuzhao Wang et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Nov.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Comment on

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

See all "Cited by" articles

References

    1. Mokhles S, Macbeth F, Treasure T, et al. Systematic lymphadenectomy versus sampling of ipsilateral mediastinal lymph-nodes during lobectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer: a systematic review of randomized trials and a meta-analysis. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2017;51:1149-56. 10.1093/ejcts/ezw439 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Darling GE, Allen MS, Decker PA, et al. Randomized trial of mediastinal lymph node sampling versus complete lymphadenectomy during pulmonary resection in the patient with N0 or N1 (less than hilar) non-small cell carcinoma: results of the American College of Surgery Oncology Group Z0030 Trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011;141:662-70. 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.11.008 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. A randomized phase III trial of lobe-specific vs. systematic nodal dissection for clinical stage I-II non-small cell lung cancer (Japan Clinical Oncology Group 1413). Available online: https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000028940 - PubMed
    1. Darling G, Dickie J, Malthaner R, et al. Invasive Mediastinal Staging of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cancer Care Ontario Program in Evidence Based Care #17-6. 2010. Available online: http://www.cancercare.on.ca/toolbox/qualityguidelines/clin-program/surge...
    1. Bendzsak A, Waddell TK, Yasufuku K, et al. Invasive mediastinal staging guideline concordance. Ann Thorac Surg 2017;103:1736-41. 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.12.010 - DOI - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources