MA23.11 Lobe-Specific Nodal Dissection for Clinical Stage I and II Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Japanese Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study

Systematic nodal dissection (SND) is an international standard of lymph node dissection for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Recently, lobe-specific patterns of mediastinal lymph node metastases have been recognized, and lobe-specific nodal dissection (LSD) has been proposed for early-stage NSCLC. The purpose of this study was to assess the surgical outcomes according to the extent of mediastinal lymph node dissection for patients with NSCLC...