Target Volume Determination 2016

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Additional procedures:

Mediastinoscopy

Dutch guidelines:

I

a mediastinoscopy needs to be performed in all

patients with a NSCLC without distant

metastases AND in whom on CT or PET there is

evidence for mediastinal lymph node invasion

I

no mediastinoscopy needs to be performed if:

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primary tumor is PET + AND

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no N1 on PET AND

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tumor makes no contact with mediastinum AND

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nodes on CT are < 1 cm (short axis)

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