Lymph node dissection is not essential in small screen-detected lung cancers, new research shows
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 05:01
in Health & Medicine
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 , according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO), the official journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.