Simple Summary Preoperative mediastinal staging plays a crucial role in determining the
appropriate treatment strategy for patients with stage IIIA-N2 disease, but an optimal …

PURPOSE: Patients who suffer from non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with ipsilateral
mediastinal lymph node involvement (N2) belong to a heterogeneous subgroup of patients …

Thoracic lymphatics play a significant role in the immune system of intrathoracic organs such
as the lungs, pleura, esophagus, and mediastinum. Its network of lymphatic vessels carries …

OBJECTIVES Nowadays, early-stage lung cancers are more frequently encountered.
Selective lymph node (LN) dissection based on lobe-specific lymphatic pathway has been …

Background. N1 disease represents a heterogeneous group of non-small cell lung
carcinoma with varying 5-year survival rates. Specific types of N1 lymph node involvement …

Background N2 involvement has dramatic consequences on the prognosis and
management of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). N2-NSCLC may present …

Bronchial arteries and bronchial lymphatics participate directly in the normal and pathologic
conditions of the lungs and are of more than academic anatomic interest. Bronchial arteries …

BACKGROUND: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) mediastinal (N2) metastases are
indicators of poor prognosis. Survival rates decrease with increasing number of N2 stations …

This retrospective study was based on 237 patients with non-small celllung cancer (NSCLC)
and nodal N2 disease. All accessible mediastinal lymphnodes (LN) were removed and …

Purpose The aim of this study was to compare the pattern of intra-patient spread of lymph-
node (LN)-metastases within the mediastinum as assessed by 18 F-FDG PET/CT and …