In a trial, selected patients with early non-small cell lung cancer did not benefit from mediastinal lymph node dissection (LND). Mediastinal LND resulted in longer surgeries, increased bleeding, and ...

Final results of a multi-center, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase II study to assess the efficacy of MAGE-A3 immunotherapeutic as adjuvant therapy in stage IB/II non-small cell lung ...

Evaluation of the hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes is part of the surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). It is also vital to the staging of lung cancer, which determines the need ...

Combined treatment of apatinib with docetaxel as post second-line therapy in advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC): Results from a pilot, multi ...

Mediastinal staging of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is of paramount importance. It distinguishes operable from inoperable disease, guides prognosis and allows accurate comparison of outcomes in ...

October 20, 2008 (Baltimore, Maryland) — Granulomatous inflammation in mediastinal lymph nodes (MLN) that were either excised or biopsied at mediastinoscopy needs full characterization through ...

In the management of patients with esophageal cancer, distant metastases should be excluded with positron emission tomography (PET) scan or computed tomography (CT) scan before EUS is considered. In ...

What Are Swollen Lymph Nodes? Swollen lymph nodes are a sign that your body is fighting off an infection or an illness. Most of the time, they return to normal size when their job is done. Lymph nodes ...

Adenopathy refers to inflammation that involves glandular tissue or lymph nodes, such as lymphadenopathy or swollen lymph nodes. Unlike the tear glands in the eye or sweat glands in the skin, the ...

Swollen lymph nodes often indicate that the lymphatic system is actively fighting off an infection or illness by accumulating bacteria and dead cells. While swollen lymph nodes can result from ...