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Smita Sihag1, Ashok Muniappan1
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Blake 1570, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Thoracic Surgery Clinics
|July 19, 2016
Abstract:
Unexpected lymph node involvement is observed in approximately 20% of all patients undergoing pulmonary metastasectomy. Lymph node metastasis is often associated with decreased survival in patients with pulmonary metastases. The incidence of lymph node involvement is related to a variety of patient and tumor variables. This article reviews the indications and role for lymph node assessment at pulmonary metastasectomy.
