Prognostic value of single nodal zone metastasis in non-small-cell lung cancer.

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Mediastinal nodal metastasis is related to poor prognosis in surgically resected non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and the prognosis becomes worse with an increasing number of nodal stations involved. However, intra-operative designation of each nodal station might be difficult and confusing because of the adjacency of the nodal stations, and this may cause inaccurate nodal staging. The new concept of a 'nodal zone' was proposed by the IASLC lung cancer staging project (IALC, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer), and we investigated the impact of the 'nodal zone' on the survival of pathological N2 patients.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Eur J Cardiothorac Surg

Title: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

ISSN (Electronic): 1873-734X

ISSN (Print): 1010-7940

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 2010

Volume: 38

Issue: 4

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[1 ] Center for Lung Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea.

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Publisher Item ID: S1010-7940(10)00210-1

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.02.033

PubMed ID: 20399672

SO-VID: 1a5de4a1-a7cf-47da-9e18-5447c8ff618f

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