… Surgical techniques remain central to the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. Clinical …
which invoke the role of surgery include the diagnosis of solitary pulmonary masses, …

… This has not yet become standard of care because of our inability to know exactly which
early-stage lung cancer patient will have micrometastatic disease at the time of local therapy, …

… for invasive histological staging. Molecular staging may transform future lung cancer staging,
… These imaging and surgical techniques will continue to evolve, and surgeons should keep …

… (#8) and in the pulmonary ligament (#9). In conclusion, surgical staging methods provide a
100% … Currently, surgical staging is recommended by the majority of scientific societies for the …

… Therefore, in our country, lung cancer is the most common and deadly form of cancer for
the … Lung cancer resection can be performed using several surgical techniques. Video-assisted …

… and noninvasive methods utilized in the staging of patients with lung cancer. Staging System
The Union Internationale Contre le Cancer and American Joint Committee on Cancer have …

… as opposed to visualizing the procedure directly through the incisions.[12] The … surgical
approaches as long as a pneumothorax can be maintained. The initial thoracoscopic procedures …

… by the thoughtful combination of imaging, endoscopies, minimally invasive surgical procedures,
and thorough intraoperative staging, as well as by a sound pathological examination of …

… staging is … staging system for lung cancer based on TNM classification was adopted in
1986 by the International Union Against Cancer and the American Joint Committee on Cancer (…

… The ability to stage lung cancer accurately determines the appropriate treatment course of
patients, and guides ongoing research efforts. As demonstrated in the revised ISS (see Tables …