In Surgical Treatment of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer a Minimum Number of Resected Mediastinal Lymph Nodes Is Mandatory for Accurate Staging
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50818#.VE2931fHRK0 Author(s) Armin Kolb , Elena Steidele , Craig Matthews , Johannes Merk , Karl-Heinz Orend , Bernd Mühling Affiliation(s) Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany . ABSTRACT Objective: Increased numbers of removed lymph nodes (LN) are resulting in more accurate staging of the patient (Will-Rogers-Phenomenon). This study evaluates dependence of lymph node sample size to 1) Will-Rogers-Phenomenom, 2) influence of sample size on overall survival and in terms of 3) morbidity and mortality. Methods: 131 patients after pulmonary resection were retrospectively...