The Incidence of Node-Positive Non-small-Cell Lung Cancer Undergoing Sublobar Resection and the Role of Radiation in Its Management

Purpose: To identify the incidence, preoperative risk factors, and prognosis associated with pathologically positive lymph node (pN+) in patients undergoing a sub-lobar resection (SLR).Methods: This is a retrospective study using the National Cancer Database (NCDB) from 2004 to 2014 analyzing SLR ex...

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Main Authors: John M. Varlotto, Isabel Emmerick, Rick Voland, Malcom M. DeCamp, John C. Flickinger, Debra J. Maddox, Christine Herbert, Molly Griffin, Paul Rava, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, Paulo Oliveira, Jennifer Baima, Rahul Sood, William Walsh, Lacey J. McIntosh, Feiran Lou, Mark Maxfield, Negar Rassaei, Karl Uy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2020.00417/full