Preoperative Risk Factors for Pathologic N2 Metastasis in Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography-Diagnosed N0-1 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Tae-Hong Yoon Chul-Ho Lee Ki-Sung Park Chi-Hoon Bae Jun Woo Cho Jae-Seok Jang

Published in: The Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2019)

More invasive procedures should be considered when pre-operative risk factors are identified in order to improve the efficacy of diagnostic and therapeutic plans and, consequently, the patient's prognosis.

Keyphrases

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