TRACERx, a prospective study of patients with primary non-small cell lung cancer, aims to map the genomic landscape of lung cancer by tracking clonal heterogeneity and tumour evolution from diagnosis to relapse.
This study confirms that extra pleural nodal metastases are related to poor survival. Pathological nodal involvement cannot be predicted from nodal dimensions. These data suggest that all patients being considered for radical resection of MPM should preferentially undergo preoperative cervical mediastinoscopy irrespective of radiological findings.
Debulking surgery has a beneficial role in symptom control for unresectable MM. However, this surgery should be reserved for those patients who present with epithelial cell type and before significant loss of weight.
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