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How do you manage a peripheral NSCLC and a single positive contralateral lymph node?
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Radiation Oncology · Duke University Medical Center
In this circumstance, I would first confirm pathologically if possible with mediastinoscopy or EBUS. Right-sided tumors have a tendency to spread to ipsilateral lymph node stations only and spread to the contralateral mediastinum, particularly in the absence of ipstileral involvement, would be unusu...