Extent of mediastinal nodal dissection in stage I non-small cell lung cancer with a radiological pure-solid appearance

摘要

Background: Radiological pure-solid lung cancer denotes a high invasive nature compared to one that is part-solid. Mediastinal lymph nodal dissection (mLND) is a standard surgical procedure for nodal management in lung cancer surgery, however, the prognostic impact of the extent of mLND in pure-solid lung cancer is still unknown.