This study is looking at how to best remove lymph nodes during surgery for lung cancer. Doctors want to see if a standardized way of removing lymph nodes from the lung tissue after it's taken out can help find more lymph nodes. Finding more lymph nodes can help doctors better understand the cancer's stage and decide if more treatments are needed. You might be able to join if you have a lung nodule or mass, are at least 18 years old, and are having a lobectomy (surgery to remove a lobe of your lung) for a peripheral (outer) lung nodule without any signs of the cancer having spread. The study will measure the number of lymph nodes found and how often the cancer's stage is changed based on these findings, both measured at 2 weeks after surgery. The current status of this study is unclear.

Study design

This interventional study plans to enroll 160 participants. It compares a standardized lymph node dissection technique to a control group.

What's involved

You would undergo a lobectomy, and your removed lung tissue would have lymph nodes dissected either by your surgeon or a pathology team member.

Compensation

Not stated in the trial record.

Follow-up

The primary outcomes, such as the number of lymph nodes sampled and nodal upstage rate, are measured at 2 weeks.

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