The concept of radioguided surgery, which was first developed some 60 years ago, involves
the use of a radiation detection probe system for the intraoperative detection of …

The Stage Classification of Lung Cancer: Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer, 3rd ed:
American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines …

Mediastinal lymph node status has important prognostic and therapeutic implications for
nonsmall cell lung cancer patients. Consequently, an accurate pathologic assessment of …

Sentinel lymph node biopsy is a technique to identify the first lymph node (or nodes)
draining a tumor. The underlying principle is that as the first site of cancer spread, evaluation …

Introduction: Sentinel node mapping with radioactive technetium in non-small cell lung
cancer has been shown to be feasible in several single institution reports. The Cancer and …

BACKGROUND: Not all patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) have
mediastinal lymph node involvement and development of less invasive methods for …

The new lung cancer stage classification system is the culmination of 10 years of work and
an unprecedented analysis and validation process. This article reviews details of the rules …

BACKGROUND: In patients with nonsmall cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) who have with
pathologic N1 (pN1) lymph node status, the prognostic significance of segmental lymph …

The validation of sentinel lymph node (SLN) concept in melanoma and breast cancer has
established a new paradigm in cancer metastasis that, in general, cancer cells spread in a …

Objective: In the previous report, to simplify the synthesis and labelling procedures and to
improve the biological properties, we developed a novel mannose receptor-binding agent …