Impact of the Examined Numbers and Stations of Lymph Nodes on Precise Staging and Survival in Radiologically Pure-Solid Lung Cancer.
CONCLUSIONS: Extensive examination of LNs and node stations seemed crucial to predicting accurate staging and survival outcomes. A threshold of 18 LNs and 6 node stations might be considered for evaluating the quality of LN examination in patients with stage cI-II radiologically pure-solid NSCLCs.
PMID: 33508774 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: J Natl Compr Canc Netw Source Type: research
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