title: Reply to Riquet et al.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan kjsuzuki@juntendo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takamochi
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Shiaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male
keywords: Lung cancer; Mediastinal lymph node; N2; Stage IIIA