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Juntendo University, Tokyo
Complete resection used to treat non-small cell lung cancer patients
February 5th, 2006
Complete resection could be used to treat non-small cell lung cancer patients. "Right upper lobectomy with right cervical and bilateral mediastinal lymph node dissection via a median approach was performed for non-small cell lung cancer. From 1995 to 2003, 48 patients aged {{<=}}70 years underwent resection of cancer in the right upper lobe, including 26 with N0, 4 with N1 and 18 with N2 disease. Metastases to the right cervical, highest mediastinal, pretracheal and bilateral tracheobronchial lymph nodes were frequent," scientists in Japan reported. "There were no operative or hospital deaths. Preoperative accuracy of N-factor diagnosis was only...
Source: Women's Health Law Weekly (2006-02-05)
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