Lymph node metastasis outside of a tumor-bearing lobe in primary lung cancer and the status of interlobar fissures: The necessity for removing lymph nodes from an adjacent lobe

AbstractThe new Tumor Node Metastasis staging system does not recognize fissure status with respect to adjacent lobe invasion (ALI) in lung cancer. Furthermore, no specific surgical strategies have been recommended for lymph node dissections around adjacent nontumor-bearing lobes (NTBLs) according t