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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
To establish a reasonable regional lymph node dissection as curative operation for lung cancer, hilar and mediastinal lymph node metastases were analyzed. From 1982 to December, 1990, 404 patients underwent pulmonary resection with complete mediastinal node dissection. There were 194 adenocarcinomas, 175 squamous cell carcinomas, 14 large cell carcinomas, 13 small cell carcinomas and 8 others. The rates of hilar (N1) and mediastinal lymph node (N2) metastasis were 12.4% and 28.9% in adenocarcinoma, 12.6% and 30.3% in squamous cell carcinoma, 14.2% and 28.6% in large cell carcinoma and 15.4% and 30.8% in small cell carcinoma. In cases with adenocarcinoma, there was a close relationship between mediastinal metastasis and grade. No lymph node metastasis was seen in cases with tumor less than one cm in diameter. However, mediastinal node metastasis was found in cases with one cm or more in diameter of primary lesion and rates of metastasis were increased in proportion to tumor size. Because considerable metastases are found in the mediastinal lymph nodes and exact diagnosis of node metastasis before and during operation is difficult, complete mediastinal node dissection is still standard as curative resection for resectable lung cancer except lesion less than one cm in diameter or early hilar type squamous cell carcinoma.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-5252
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
28-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
[Evaluation of hilar and mediastinal lymph node metastases in resected cases of bronchogenic carcinoma].
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract