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

Objective We aimed to investigate the incidence and distribution of mediastinal lymph node
metastases (MLNM) in operable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with the purpose of …

Background Controversy still exists in which subtype of non-small-cell lung cancer
[squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) or adenocarcinoma] is more likely to have lymph node …

OBJECTIVES Understanding the clinicopathological features of patients with skip N2
metastases (SN2) in clinical early stage lung cancer is important for surgical planning and …

Objective This study investigated the association between clinical pathologic features,
especially adenocarcinoma subtypes and prognosis, and skip N2 metastasis in patients with …

OBJECTIVES Non-small cell lung cancer can spread into lobe specific stations and non-
lobe-specific mediastinal lymph nodes. We evaluated frequency and features of non-lobe …

Objectives To specify the topography and variations in lymphatic drainage of the right lung to
the mediastinum and their therapeutic implications in non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) …

Abstract The new Tumor Node Metastasis staging system does not recognize fissure status
with respect to adjacent lobe invasion (ALI) in lung cancer. Furthermore, no specific surgical …

Purpose: Five-year survival rates were widely dispersed in pN2 non-small cell lung cancer
(NSCLC). The present study aims to investigate the prognosis of patients with lymph node …

Background To evaluate the pattern of lymph node metastasis (LNM) according to primary
tumor location in T 1 and T 2 stage non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Methods …