Improving the Inaccuracies of Clinical Staging of Patients with NSCLC: A Prospective Trial

Clinical stage affects the care of patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer.This is a prospective trial on patients with suspected resectable nonsmall cell lung cancer. All patients underwent integrated positron emission tomographic scanning and computed tomographic scanning, and all suspicious metastatic sites were investigated. A, T, N, and M status was assigned. If N2, N3 and M1 were negative, patients underwent thoracotomy and complete...