The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 615-619, March 2008

Mediastinoscopy might not be necessary in patients with non–small cell lung cancer with mediastinal lymph nodes having a maximum standardized uptake value of less than 5.3

  • Benjamin Enoch Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, Calif
    • ,
  • Jonathon Redwine, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, Calif
    • ,
  • Cameron Foster, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, Calif
    • ,
  • Elma Abella, MD

      Affiliations

    • Northern California PET Imaging Center, Sacramento, Calif
    • ,
  • Teri Lown, RN, OCN

      Affiliations

    • University of California at Davis, Cancer Center, Sacramento, Calif
    • ,
  • Derick Lau, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, Calif
    • ,
  • David Follette, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, Calif
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: David Follette, MD, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California at Davis, UC Davis Cancer Center, 4501 X Street, Sacramento, CA 95817

Received 26 June 2007; received in revised form 27 August 2007; accepted 14 September 2007. published online 21 January 2008.

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 Read at the Thirty-third Annual Meeting of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, June 27–30, 2007.

PII: S0022-5223(07)01607-8

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.09.029

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 615-619, March 2008

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