The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Sep 2017
Editorial CommentAll that glitters is not gold-but it may be silver.
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Sep 2017
Clinical TrialA novel technique for tumor localization and targeted lymphatic mapping in early-stage lung cancer.
To investigate safety and feasibility of navigational bronchoscopy (NB)-guided near-infrared (NIR) localization of small, ill-defined lung lesions and sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) for accurate staging in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). ⋯ NB-guided NIR lesion localization and SLN identification was safe and feasible. This minimally invasive image-guided technique may permit the accurate localization and nodal staging of early stage lung cancers.