Centrally located lung cancer and risk of occult nodal disease: an objective evaluation of multiple definitions of tumour centrality with dedicated imaging software

Conclusions
We objectively identified two specific definitions of central tumours. While the rate of occult mediastinal disease was relatively low regardless of tumour location, central tumours were associated with upstaging from cN0 to any N.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - May 8, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Casal, R. F., Sepesi, B., Sagar, A.-E. S., Tschirren, J., Chen, M., Li, L., Sunny, J., Williams, J., Grosu, H. B., Eapen, G. A., Jimenez, C. A., Ost, D. E. Tags: Lung imaging, Lung cancer Original Articles: Lung cancer Source Type: research