… : Systematic lymph node dissection in radical operation for lung cancer is … We investigate
the most effective method of lymph node … lymph node dissection and complete resection. The …

… in lung cancer surgery. In this article, the significance, recent strategy, and technique of
lymph node dissection for lung cancer are described. Definition of Lymph Node Dissection …

… cell lung cancer TNM classification system uses only the anatomic extent of lymph node (LN…
to investigate the effect of these factors on the overall survival of non–small cell lung cancer. …

… lymph node staging of lung cancer by CT relies on the premise that malignant lymph nodes
… from benign lymph nodes in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) by size. …

… , node, metastasis (TNM) stage classification. In the classification of lung cancer, only the
anatomic extent of lymph node … peribronchial and/or hilar lymph node metastasis are defined as …

… Lymph Node Mapping The recommendations for classifying regional lymph nodes for lung
cancer staging are shown in Figure 1 with accompanying definitions in Table 1. This schema …

… lymph nodes and fewer than three mediastinal lymph nodes … total lymph nodes and three
or more mediastinal lymph nodes … is that having more lymph nodes dissected increases the …

… small cell lung cancer according to the number of lymph nodes instead of the anatomic extent
of lymph node metastases. At minimum, the number of metastatic lymph nodes adds more …

… level of lymph node metastasis. In an attempt to establish the surgical indications for lung
cancer, we studied the relationship between the level of lymph node metastasis and prognosis. …

… defined as the removal of at least 10 lymph nodes and a minimum of two … lymph node
sampling for the cure of early stage NSCLC. The optimal lymph node dissection during lung cancer …