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Surgical Staging of Lung Cancer

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Abstract

The idiom “name it, stage it, treat it” is perhaps no more relevant (and confusing) than when applied to the management of lung cancer. In this chapter we focus on the second task of this dogma, which involves staging. We specifically provide an overview of the current TNM staging classifications for lung cancer, a description of various invasive mediastinal staging modalities, the evidence supporting invasive mediastinal staging procedures, and general recommendations for the thoracic oncology community at large.

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Abbreviations

CT:

Computed tomography

DWI:

Diffusion-weighted imaging

EBUS:

Endobronchial ultrasound

EUS:

Endoscopic ultrasound

FDG:

Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F)

FNA:

Fine needle aspirate

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

PET:

Positron emission tomography

STIR:

Short tau inversion-recovery

TBNA:

Transbronchial needle aspiration

TNM:

Tumor-node-metastasis

VATS:

Video-assisted thoracic surgery

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    Jarrod Predina

  2. Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

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Predina, J., Mathisen, D.J., Lanuti, M. (2022). Surgical Staging of Lung Cancer. In: Jeremić, B. (eds) Advances in Radiation Oncology in Lung Cancer. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2022_304

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