Lung tumours: Difference between revisions
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*The traditional teaching is there are only hollow structure margins (artery, vein, airway).{{ | *The traditional teaching is there are only hollow structure margins (artery, vein, airway) - yet the bronchial margin has been divided into mucosal and extramucosal.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kaiser | first1 = LR. | last2 = Fleshner | first2 = P. | last3 = Keller | first3 = S. | last4 = Martini | first4 = N. | title = Significance of extramucosal residual tumor at the bronchial resection margin. | journal = Ann Thorac Surg | volume = 47 | issue = 2 | pages = 265-9 | month = Feb | year = 1989 | doi = | PMID = 2537610 }}</ref> | ||
*Peribronchovascular soft tissue involvement is a poor prognosticator but not an independent predictor if considered within the [[TNM staging]].<ref name=pmid21129810/> | *Peribronchovascular soft tissue involvement is a poor prognosticator but not an independent predictor if considered within the [[TNM staging]].<ref name=pmid21129810/> | ||