ORIGINAL ARTICLE
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 44 (2013) 88–92 doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezs586 Advance Access publication 21 November 2012
Mediastinal lymphadenectomy in elderly patients with non-small-cell lung cancer† Caroline Riveraa,*, Pierre-Emmanuel Falcozb, Ramón Rami-Portac, Jean-François Vellya, Hugues Begueretd, Xavier Roquese, Marcel Dahanf and Jacques Jougona a b c d e f
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Haut Lévêque Hospital, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France Department of Thoracic Surgery, Civil Hospital, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France Department of Thoracic Surgery, Mútua Terrassa University Hospital, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Department of Pathology, Haut Lévêque Hospital, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France Department of Cardiac Surgery, Haut Lévêque Hospital, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France Department of Thoracic Surgery, Larrey Hospital, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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[email protected] (C. Rivera). Received 16 August 2012; received in revised form 30 September 2012; accepted 7 October 2012
Abstract OBJECTIVES: The progressive ageing of the population is accompanied by an increasing incidence of cancer. Our objective was to compare mediastinal lymphadenectomy performed in the surgical treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients between ≥70 and
