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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

Development and Validation of a

Ming-Li Ouyang, Yi-Ran Wang, Qing-Shan Deng, Ye-Fei Zhu, Zhen-Hua Zhao, Ling Wang, Liang-Xing Wang, Kun Tang

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ming-Li OuyangDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Yi-Ran WangDepartment of Medical Engineering, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Qing-Shan DengDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Ye-Fei ZhuDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, China.
Zhen-Hua ZhaoDepartment of Radiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing, China.
Ling WangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Liang-Xing WangDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Kun TangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Wenzhou Medical University · CNShaoxing People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAccurate evaluation of lymph node (LN) status is critical for determining the treatment options in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study aimed to develop and validate a

methodsWe retrospectively reviewed 259 patients with hypermetabolic LNs who underwent pretreatment

resultsThe area under the curve (AUC) values of model 1 were 0.820, 0.785, and 0.808 in the training, internal, and external validation cohorts, respectively, showing good diagnostic efficacy for lymph node metastasis (LNM). Furthermore, model 2 was able to discriminate metastatic LNs in the training (AUC 0.780), internal (AUC 0.794), and external validation cohorts (AUC 0.802), respectively. Model 3 showed optimal diagnostic performance among the three cohorts, with an AUC of 0.874, 0.845, and 0.841, respectively. The nomogram based on the model 3 showed good discrimination and calibration.

conclusionsOur study revealed that PET radiomics signature, especially when integrated with CT imaging features, showed the ability to identify true and false positives of mediastinal-hilar LNM detected by PET/CT in patients with NSCLC, which would help clinicians to make individual treatment decisions.

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hypermetabolic lymph nodemetastasisnon-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT)radiomics

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PMID34568038
PMCPMC8457532
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