Who needs mediastinoscopy after negative EBUS staging for lung cancer?
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image: Olympus Most lung cancers spread to the lymph nodes in the chest first. Unless distant spread to other organs (metastasis) is obvious, biopsy of any suspicious intrathoracic lymph nodes is necessary to stage and prognose lung cancer. The presence or absence of cancerous lymph nodes, and their location in relation to the lung cancer, determine whether someone can undergo potentially curative surgical resection and whether chemotherapy and radiation are needed.
Who needs mediastinoscopy after negative EBUS staging for lung cancer?
Who needs mediastinoscopy after negative EBUS…
Who needs mediastinoscopy after negative EBUS staging for lung cancer?
image: Olympus Most lung cancers spread to the lymph nodes in the chest first. Unless distant spread to other organs (metastasis) is obvious, biopsy of any suspicious intrathoracic lymph nodes is necessary to stage and prognose lung cancer. The presence or absence of cancerous lymph nodes, and their location in relation to the lung cancer, determine whether someone can undergo potentially curative surgical resection and whether chemotherapy and radiation are needed.