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Mediastinoscopy

Known as: Diagnostic Mediastinoscopy, Endoscopic Exploration of Mediastinum, Mediastinoscopies 
A procedure in which a mediastinoscope is used to examine the organs in the area between the lungs and nearby lymph nodes. A mediastinoscope is a… 
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Morphometric evaluation of tumor matrix metalloproteinase 9 predicts survival after surgical resection of adenocarcinoma of the lung.
PURPOSE Recently, several matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have shown promise as prognosticators in non-small cell lung cancer… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Initial surgical staging of lung cancer.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Reported management of lung cancer in Victoria in 1993: comparison with best practice
To determine recent patterns of management of lung cancer in Victoria in order to stimulate interest in the development of… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Frozen section diagnosis and surgical biopsy of lymph nodes, tumors and pseudotumors of the mediastinum.
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Surgery for non-small cell lung cancer with unsuspected metastasis to ipsilateral mediastinal or subcarinal nodes (N2 disease).
Review
1994
Review
1994
Interobserver variability and accuracy of computed tomographic assessment of nodal status in lung cancer.
1991
1991
Results of resection for bronchogenic carcinoma with mediastinal lymph node metastases in selected patients.
1986
1986
Bronchogenic carcinoma associated with upper aerodigestive cancers.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Reliability of gallium scan chest radiography compared to mediastinoscopy for evaluating mediastinal spread in lung cancer.
Mediastinoscopy has become a major staging procedure for characterizing mediastinal and hilar tumor spread in lung cancer. As a… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
MEDIASTINOSCOPY IN BRONCHOGENIC CANCER.
SUMMARY It is stated that mediastinal extension is the cause of nonresectability in a high percentage of cases during exploratory… 
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