We investigated the role of the 2011 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, American Thoracic Society, and European Respiratory Society (IASLC/ATS/ERS) classification in predicting occult lymph node metastasis in clinically mediastinal node-negative lung adenocarcinoma.We reviewed lung adenocarcinoma patients who had clinically N2-negative status, were evaluated by preoperative positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET/CT) and had undergone lobectomy or pneumonectomy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (n = 297). Tumours were classified according to the 2011 IASLC/ATS/ERS classification. The associations between occult lymph node metastasis and clinicopathological variables were analysed using Fisher's exact test and logistic regression analysis.Thirty-two (11
作者:Yi-Chen, Yeh;Kyuichi, Kadota;Jun-ichi, Nitadori;Camelia S, Sima;Nabil P, Rizk;David R, Jones;William D, Travis;Prasad S, Adusumilli
来源:European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery 2016 年 49卷 1期