Serial changes in pleural lavage cytology during lung cancer surgery predict recurrence and pleural dissemination
Post-PLC, but not pre-PLC, provides decisive prognostic information for recurrence and pleural dissemination, likely reflecting residual lavage-resistant tumor clusters. Importantly, combining pre- and post-PLC results refines risk stratification and identifies the poorest-outcome subgroup that may benefit from adjuvant therapy.
Authors
- Koki Maeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9083-2588)
- Go Kamimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6895-8229)
- Aya Takeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7982-8104)
- Toshiyuki Nagata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1736-759X)
- Yuto Nonaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8484-0300)
- Takuya Tokunaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7052-3013)
- Shoichiro Morizono
- Kazuhiro Ueda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0030-0882)
- Masaya Aoki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3860-5710)
- Satomi Imamura
Institutions
- Kagoshima University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Surgery Today
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-025-03159-y
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52