Maximizing Lymph Node Dissection on Fresh and Fixed Lung Cancer Resection Specimens

"A lobectomy specimen's resection will undergo systematic lymph node dissection either by the patient's treating thoracic surgeon and/or by a member of the pathology team.~The protocol for a standardized lymph node dissection consists of a series of blunt peribronchial dissections starting from the hilum to the periphery, with particular attention to points of airway bifurcation where intrapulmonary lymph nodes aggregate. By emphasizing the intrapulmonary lymph node map and a standardized dissection, the team will remove more lymph nodes from the lobectomy specimen, resulting in an accurate N staging."

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