ArticleWorld journal of surgical oncology2020
Tumor volume is more reliable to predict nodal metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer of 3.0 cm or less in the greatest tumor diameter.
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- Prognostic significance of 4R lymph node dissection in patients with right primary non-small cell lung cancer.World journal of surgical oncology · 2022Article
- Volumetric analysis: Rethinking brain metastases response assessment.Neuro-oncology advancesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundIn this study, we sought to evaluate the correlation between TV, GTD, and lymph node metastases in NSCLC patients with tumors of GTD ≤ 3.0 cm.
methodsWe retrospectively analyzed the characteristics of clinicopathologic variables for lymph node involvement in 285 NSCLC patients with tumors of GTD ≤ 3.0 cm who accepted curative surgical resection. The TVs were semi-automatically measured by a software, and optimal cutoff points were obtained using the X-tile software. The relationship between GTD and TV were described using non-linear regression. The correlation between GTD, TV, and N stages was analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient. The one-way ANOVA was used to compare the GTD and TV of different lymph node stage groups.
resultsThe relationship between GTD and TV accorded with the exponential growth model: y = 0.113e
conclusionsFor NSCLC tumors with GTD ≤ 3.0 cm, TV is a more sensitive marker than GTD in predicting the positive lymph node metastases. The likelihood for metastasis increases with an increasing TV especially when GTD is > 2.0-3.0 cm.
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