Enlarged Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in Computed Tomography are a Valuable Prognostic Factor in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients with Pathologically Negative Lymph Nodes.
Yuansheng ZhengYiwei HuangGuoshu BiZhencong ChenTao LuSongtao XuCheng ZhanQun WangPublished in: Cancer management and research (2020)
N0 patients with larger mediastinal LN had a worse 5-year cancer-specific survival and a higher risk of recurrence. The volume of LN was the most valuable prognostic factor in N0 patients.
Keyphrases
- prognostic factors
- lymph node
- computed tomography
- sentinel lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- papillary thyroid
- positron emission tomography
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- early stage
- magnetic resonance
- newly diagnosed
- squamous cell
- lymph node metastasis
- childhood cancer
- contrast enhanced
- dual energy