Intrathoracic Lymph Node Microcalcifications are Associated With a High Prevalence of Malignancy and Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Rearrangement: The "Calce" Study.

Fausto LeonciniGiovanni SotgiuAlessandra CancellieriMariangela PuciStefania CorteseVanina LiviJacopo SimonettiDaniela PaioliDaniele MagniniFederico CappuzzoEmilio BriaRocco Trisolini

Published in: Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology (2024)

ILN microcalcifications are common in patients undergoing endosonography for suspected malignancy, and they are associated with a high prevalence of metastatic involvement and ALK rearrangement.

Keyphrases

lymph node
patients undergoing
squamous cell carcinoma
small cell lung cancer
diffuse large b cell lymphoma
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
tyrosine kinase
radiation therapy
protein kinase
early stage
rectal cancer
locally advanced