Role of intrapulmonary lymph nodes in patients with NSCLC and visceral pleural invasion. The VPI 1314 multicenter registry study protocol

• Fabrizio Minervini ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fabriziominervini@hotmail.com

  Affiliation Division of Thoracic Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3595-7307

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• Peter Kestenholz,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Thoracic Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland

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• Pietro Bertoglio,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Thoracic Surgery, IRCSS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Bologna, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6267-0099

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• Allen Li,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Henning Nilius

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

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