The lymph node status and histologic subtypes influenced the effect of postoperative radiotherapy on patients with N2 positive IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.

Chongze YuanXiaoting TaoDifan ZhengYunjian PanTing YeHong HuJiaqing XiangYawei ZhangHaiquan ChenYihua Sun

Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2018)

For patients with completely resected IIIA-N2 NSCLC, mediastinal lymph node metastasis and histologic subtypes could influence the effect of PORT. Single N2 station involvement and papillary predominant subtype were predictors of benefit from PORT.

Keyphrases

lymph node
lymph node metastasis
squamous cell carcinoma
papillary thyroid
robot assisted
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
small cell lung cancer
sentinel lymph node
laparoscopic surgery
early stage
patients undergoing
locally advanced
radiation therapy
advanced non small cell lung cancer
clear cell