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- Ahmed H El-Sherief, Charles T Lau, Brett W Carter, and Carol C Wu.
- Section of Thoracic Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Building 500, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA; David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: ahelsherief@gmail.com.
- Radiol. Clin. North Am. 2018 May 1; 56 (3): 399-409.
AbstractThis article reviews regional lymph node assessment in lung cancer. In the absence of a distant metastasis, the absence or location of lung cancer spread to a regional mediastinal lymph node affects treatment options and prognosis. Regional lymph node maps have been created to standardize assessment of the N descriptor. The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer lymph node map is used for the standardization of N descriptor assessment. CT, PET/CT with fluorodeoxyglucose, endobronchial ultrasound-guided and/or esophageal ultrasound-guided biopsy, and mediastinoscopy are common modalities used to determine the N descriptor.Published by Elsevier Inc.
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