Abstract

GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Miguel Emilio; ARMAS PEREZ, Bárbaro Agustín; KOELIG PADRON, Raúl  and  FLAGELA CAMACHO, Adalio. Mediastinal lymphoadenoctomy in non-small-cell lung cancer surgery. AMC [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.6, pp. 665-675. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: the cause of lung cancer is mumultifactorial; there are risks associated to genetics, environmental expositions and lifestyles. Tobacco is still the best known carcinogen; nevertheless, in spite of the risks of expositions to smoke, many lifetime smokers do not develop lung cancer. Objective: to make a review of the state of the art of mediastinal lymphoadenoctomy in the treatment of ganglionic affectation in lung cancer. Methods: a search in the data bases Medline, Ebsco, Pubmed, Csielo and Redalycs was made using different descriptors in both Spanish and English. Developmet: lymphoadenoctomy in the clinical and pathological state, as well as the determination of prognosis markers of recurrence and metastasis, define the survival of patients with lung cancer.

Keywords : LUNG NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC.

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