A Prediction Model for Nodal Disease among Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

ConclusionsA guideline-recommended strategy for invasive mediastinal staging selects all patients with true nodal disease and a majority of patients without nodal disease for invasive mediastinal staging. Our prediction model appears to maintain (within a margin of error) the sensitivity of a guideline-recommended invasive staging strategy and has the potential to reduce the use of invasive procedures.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research