Is your stage III NSCLC patient truly "downstaged" to N0? EUS helpful only if positive
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So you've referred your patient with stage III non-small cell lung cancer (N2 or N3 mediastinal nodes) to receive neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy in the hopes of eliminating cancer from the mediastinal nodes, "downstaging" her to a resectable N0 status. How do you re-evaluate the lymph nodes to ensure resection may be curative?
Is your stage III NSCLC patient truly "downstaged" to N0? EUS helpful only if positive
Is your stage III NSCLC patient truly…
Is your stage III NSCLC patient truly "downstaged" to N0? EUS helpful only if positive
So you've referred your patient with stage III non-small cell lung cancer (N2 or N3 mediastinal nodes) to receive neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy in the hopes of eliminating cancer from the mediastinal nodes, "downstaging" her to a resectable N0 status. How do you re-evaluate the lymph nodes to ensure resection may be curative?