Abstract
Lymph node staging is a critical part in management of lung cancer, which can directly affect the patient treatment and outcomes. It is imperative that the interventional pulmonologist to not only be aware of the up-to-date nodal classification proposed by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), but should also have a basic understanding of the station identification on Computed Tomography(CT) scans performed for staging. This review article will provide a simplistic approach to mediastinal nodal staging based on CT scan which an interventional pulmonologist can routinely use and incorporate it effectively in their daily practice.
Keywords: Clinical trials, Interventional pulmonologist, Lung cancer, Lymph node, Lymph nodal map.
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Nishant Gupta, Dhiraj Baruah, Kaushik Shahir ;Simplistic Approach to Mediastinal Lymph Node Staging - What a Pulmonary Interventionist Needs to Know, Frontiers in Respiratory Medicine Advances in Interventional Pulmonology (2017) 1: 100. https://doi.org/10.2174/9781681085913117010009
DOI https://doi.org/10.2174/9781681085913117010009 |
Print ISSN 2589-1847 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 2589-1855 |