Management of Clinical Stage IIIA Primary Lung Cancers in the National Cancer Database

There is cause for concern over the accuracy of the clinical staging of the mediastinum among cStage IIIA-cN2 patients in the United States. The use of surgery is relatively low but is associated with an encouraging 5-year survival. Further study is needed to clarify the accuracy of mediastinal staging in the United States for cStage IIIA-cN2 NSCLC.