2020
Invasive Staging Procedures Do Not Prevent Nodal Metastases From Being Missed in Stage I Lung Cancer
Resio BJ, Canavan M, Mase V, Dhanasopon AP, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Invasive Staging Procedures Do Not Prevent Nodal Metastases From Being Missed in Stage I Lung Cancer. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 110: 390-397. PMID: 32283084, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.03.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStage I lung cancerI lung cancerMissed nodal metastasisClinical stage I lung cancerNodal metastasisLung cancerPositron emission tomographyStaging evaluationCancer patientsEndobronchial ultrasoundInvasive nodalClinical stage I patientsEarly-stage lung cancer patientsOccult lymph node metastasisEmission tomographyThoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery DatabaseInvasive staging proceduresClinical stage IStage I patientsTreatment-naive patientsGeneral Thoracic Surgery DatabaseLow-risk cohortOccult nodal metastasisLymph node metastasisLung cancer patients
2017
Indications for Invasive Mediastinal Staging in Patients with Early Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Staged with Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography
Gao S, Kim A, Puchalski J, Bramley K, Detterbeck F, Boffa D, Decker R. Indications for Invasive Mediastinal Staging in Patients with Early Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Staged with Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2017, 98: 223. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.01.061.Peer-Reviewed Original Research