title: Invasive mediastinal staging is irrelevant for PET/CT positive N2 lung cancer if the primary tumour and ipsilateral lymph nodes are resectable.
authors.affiliation: Academic Division of Thoracic Surgery, The Royal Brompton Hospital, London, SW3 6NP, UK. Electronic address: e.lim@rbht.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: McElnay
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Fondazione Pascale, IRCCS, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rocco
authors.affiliation: St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brunelli
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Massard
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical School Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toker
authors.affiliation: University Medical Center Freiburg, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Bernward
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Passlick
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine and University Hospital, Salamanca University, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Varela
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weder
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000592:standards*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / Q000592:standards; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed