Prediction of Pleural Lavage Cytology According to Thin-Section Computed Tomography in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

Yuto NonakaMitsuhiro IsakaKeigo MatsushimaShinya KatsumataHayato KonnoTetsuya MizunoToshiyuki NagataAkifumi NotsuKiyoshi ToneTakuya KawataMasahiro EndoYasuhisa Ohde

Published in: Clinical lung cancer (2024)

The absence of pleural findings and/or consolidation-to-tumor ratio ≤0.5 of primary tumor on preoperative TSCT can predict PLC negativity with very high probability; therefore, PLC can be omitted for such patients.

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computed tomography
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
patients undergoing
positron emission tomography
high grade
patient reported outcomes
fine needle aspiration
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