Endosonography With or Without Confirmatory Mediastinoscopy for Resectable Lung Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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Authors

Jelle E. Bousema · Radboud University Nijmegen

Marcel G. W. Dijkgraaf · Amsterdam University Medical Centers

Erik H.F.M. van der Heijden · Radboud University Nijmegen

Ad F. T. M. Verhagen · Radboud University Nijmegen

Jouke T. Annema · Amsterdam University Medical Centers

Frank J.C. van den Broek · Radboud University Nijmegen

Nicole E. Papen‐Botterhuis

Abstract

On the basis of our chosen noninferiority margin in the rate of unforeseen N2, confirmatory mediastinoscopy after negative systematic endosonography can be omitted in patients with resectable NSCLC and an indication for mediastinal staging.

Topics & Keywords

Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Metastasis and carcinoma case studies Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volume 41, Issue 22, pp. 3805-3815

DOI: 10.1200/jco.22.01728

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