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(Chest. 1969;56:156-158.)
© 1969 American College of Chest Physicians

Pulmonary Carcinoma

Mediastinoscopic Criteria for Curative Resections

T. Palva 1; S. Viikari 2; and M. Inberg 2

1 Department of Otolaryngology, Oulu University, Oulu, Finland
2 Department of Surgery, Turku University, Turku, Finland

In 172 patients with pulmonary carcinoma, 42 were without metastatic glands at mediastinoscopy or resection; 17 of them (40 percent) were alive and free of cancer for over five to seven years. Mediastinoscopy seems to offer a chance to find those patients with lung cancer among whom curative resections are possible.






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