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Ann Thorac Surg 2008;86:354. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.063
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Marc Riquet, MD, Patrick Bagan, MD, Eugenu Banu, MD

Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, 20-40 rue Leblanc, Paris Cedex 15 75908, France

(Email: marc.riquet@hop.egp.ap-hop-paris.fr).

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When we first reviewed factors determining overall survival of resected N2 nonsmall lung cancers (NSCLC) [1], we observed that the presence of a small metastasis in a mediastinal lymph node had the same clinical significance as that of a whole chain of tumor-bearing lymph nodes with extracapsular invasion.

In recent years, minimal N2 disease is emerging as a criterion of better prognosis for NSCLC patients with mediastinal lymph node involvement, and this understanding adds validity to the statement that primary surgical resection of more extensive N2 disease ("bulky . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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