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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2023

Clinical significance of enlarged cardiophrenic lymph nodes by CT in advanced ovarian cancer.

Sisi Song, Huizhu Chen, Gang Ning, Yingkun Guo, Xuesheng Li

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Sisi SongDepartment of Radiology, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Huizhu ChenDepartment of Radiology, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Gang NingDepartment of Radiology, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Yingkun GuoDepartment of Radiology, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Xuesheng LiDepartment of Radiology, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Sichuan University · CNDeyang Stomatological Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aim: This study aims to assess the clinical influence of enlarged cardiophrenic lymph nodes (CPLN) on staging computed tomography (CT) among patients with advanced ovarian cancer. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 320 patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer who underwent staging CT from May 2008 to January 2019. The CPLN diameter was the average of two radiologists' measurements. Enlarged CPLN was defined as a short-axis diameter of ≥5 mm. Clinical and imaging findings, management decisions, and progression-free survival(PFS) were compared between patients with and without enlarged CPLN. Results: Enlarged CPLN was found in 129 (40.3%) patients, which was significantly associated with more pelvic peritoneal carcinomatosis (odds ratio [OR]: 6.61 with 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.51-28.99), and involved the greater omentum (OR: 6.41, 95% CI: 3.05-13.46), spleen capsule nodules (OR: 2.83, 95% CI: 1.58-5.06), and liver capsule nodules (OR: 2.55, 95% CI: 1.57-4.17). The optimal cytoreduction rates did not differ between patients with and without enlarged CPLN ( Conclusions: Enlarged CPLN on staging CT is associated with more abdominal disease but is not reliable in predicting complete resection. Enlarged CPLN awareness is necessary for patients with a primary chance of complete resection of abdominal disease.

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cardiophrenic lymph nodesclinical significancecomputed tomographyovarian cancerprogression-free survival

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