N2/IIIA lung cancer, an issue of thoracic surgery clinics, Volume 18-4

This issue of the Thoracic Surgery Clinics is devoted to Management of N2/IIIA Lung Cancer and will address the following topics: Defining N2 disease, molecular detection and immunocytochemistry of N2 disease, radiographic staging of N2 disease, minimally invasive staging of N2 disease (EBUS/EUS, mediastinoscopy and VATS ), intraoperative staging and surgical management of N2 disease, definitive chemo/RT for N2 disease, neoadjuvant therapy for N2 disease, restaging after neoadjuvant therapy for N2 disease, adjuvant therapy for N2 disease, and management algorithms for N2 disease.