Survival Benefit of Left Lower Paratracheal (4L) Lymph Node Dissection for Patients with Left-Sided Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Once Neglected But of Great Importance
- 22 April 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Vol. 26 (7), 2044-2052
- https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07368-x
Abstract
The aim of this study was to compare survival outcomes between non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with or without 4L node dissection (4LND) and to evaluate the potential patient population who will particularly benefit from 4LND.Keywords
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