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Surgical Staging of Lung Cancer for Advances in Radiation Oncology of Lung Cancer

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This chapter reviews surgical approaches to determining T, N, and M status for lung cancer; an expanded description of individual mediastinal staging modalities; the evidence for invasive mediastinal staging procedures and multi-modality staging strategies; and staging practices in the community at large.

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Abbreviations

AJCC:

American Joint Committee on Cancer

CT:

Computed tomography

EBUS:

Endobronchial ultrasound

EUS:

Esophageal endoscopic ultrasound

IASLC:

International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer

UICC:

International Union Against Cancer

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

NSCLC:

Non-small cell lung cancer

PET:

Positron emission tomography

SCLC:

Small cell lung cancer

TBNBx:

Transbronchial needle biopsy

TTNBx:

Transthoracic needle biopsy

VATS:

Video-assisted thoracic surgery

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    Farhood Farjah & Valerie W. Rusch

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Farjah, F., Rusch, V.W. (2011). Surgical Staging of Lung Cancer for Advances in Radiation Oncology of Lung Cancer. In: Jeremic, B. (eds) Advances in Radiation Oncology in Lung Cancer. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2011_261

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