Tomohiro Maniwa, Jiro Okami, Tomohiro Miyoshi, Masashi Wakabayashi, Hiroshige Yoshioka, Takahiro Mimae, Makoto Endo, Aritoshi Hattori, Kazuo Nakagawa, Tetsuya Isaka, Mitsuhiro Isaka, Ryosuke Kita, Yuta Sekino, Noriko Mitome, Keiju Aokage, Hisashi Saji, Ryu Nakajima, Morihito Okada, Masahiro Tsuboi, Hisao Asamura, Haruhiko Fukuda, Shun-Ichi Watanabe
OBJECTIVE: The optimal region of lymph node dissection (LND) during segmentectomy in patients with small peripheral non-small cell lung cancer requires clarification. Through a supplemental analysis of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG) 0802/West Japan Oncology Group (WJOG) 4607L, we investigated the associated factors, distribution, and recurrence pattern of lymph node metastases (LNMs) and proposed the optimal LND region. METHODS: Of the 1106 patients included in the JCOG0802/WJOG4607L, 1056 patients with LNDs were included in this supplemental analysis...
November 23, 2023: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery