A Systematic Review of Restaging After Induction Therapy for Stage IIIa Lung Cancer: Prediction of Pathologic Stage
de Cabanyes Candela S, Detterbeck FC. A Systematic Review of Restaging After Induction Therapy for Stage IIIa Lung Cancer: Prediction of Pathologic Stage. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2010, 5: 389-398. PMID: 20186025, DOI: 10.1097/jto.0b013e3181ce3e5e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInduction therapyPositron emission tomographyLung cancerComputed tomographySystematic reviewStage IIIA lung cancerEmission tomographyIIIA lung cancerMediastinal node involvementRepeat mediastinoscopyNode involvementComplete responsePathologic findingsEsophageal ultrasoundPathologic stageNeedle aspirationExpert handsRestagingFalse negative rateMediastinoscopyTherapyFN rateTomographyPatientsSurgery