Lung cancer often spreads to lymph nodes before other parts of the body. Cancer in lymph nodes doesn't always mean it's late-stage or metastatic. Treatment will depend on your lung cancer stage, and ...

Breakthrough research presented at the 2026 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting shows that additional lymph node evaluation is needed during surgery for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to ...

NEW ORLEANS — January 31, 2026 — Breakthrough research presented at the 2026 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting shows that additional lymph node evaluation is needed during surgery for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “The standard treatment procedure for resectable non-small cell lung cancer involves lobectomy with systemic ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Thoracic surgeons were fired up about minimum expectations for surgical lymph node assessment in conjunction with lung cancer resection during a debate at the Society of Thoracic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Due to inconsistencies in interpretation and application, use of older or newly introduced lymph node maps may ...

NEW ORLEANS -- More extensive N1 lymph node assessment may better guide therapy after non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) resections with curative intent, real-world data suggested. The more N1 ...

Incidence of non-metastatic extrathoracic lesions detected by whole-body FDG PET-CT imaging in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the pattern ...

Lymph node dissection, the current standard surgical treatment for localized non-small cell lung cancers, may be unnecessary in certain screen-detected early stage cases. Lymph node dissection, the ...

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Evaluation of the hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes is part of the surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). It is also vital to the staging of lung cancer, which determines the need ...