[HTML][HTML] The international association for the study of lung cancer lung cancer staging project: overview of challenges and opportunities in revising the nodal …

RU Osarogiagbon, P Van Schil, DJ Giroux… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2023 - Elsevier
The status of lymph node involvement is a major component of the TNM staging system. The
N categories for lung cancer have remained unchanged since the fourth edition of the TNM …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term survival after lung resection for non–small cell lung cancer with circulatory bypass: A systematic review

A Muralidaran, FC Detterbeck, DJ Boffa, Z Wang… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Resection of locally advanced non–small cell lung cancer using circulatory
bypass is not frequently performed. The objective of this study was to systematically review …

Number of lymph nodes and metastatic lymph node ratio are associated with survival in lung cancer

CE Nwogu, A Groman, D Fahey, S Yendamuri… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The non–small cell lung cancer TNM classification system uses only the
anatomic extent of lymph node (LN) metastases to define the N category. The number of LNs …

[HTML][HTML] Which is the better prognostic factor for resected non-small cell lung cancer: the number of metastatic lymph nodes or the currently used nodal stage …

S Wei, H Asamura, R Kawachi, H Sakurai… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2011 - Elsevier
Introduction: This retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the prognostic significance
of the number of metastatic lymph nodes (nN) in resected non-small cell lung cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Mediastinal lymph node examination and survival in resected early-stage non–small-cell lung cancer in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results …

RU Osarogiagbon, X Yu - Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 2012 - Elsevier
Background: Pathologic nodal stage is the key prognostic factor in resectable non–small-cell
lung cancer (NSCLC). Mediastinal lymph node (MLN) metastasis connotes a poor …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic impact of number of resected and involved lymph nodes at complete resection on survival in non-small cell lung cancer

H Saji, M Tsuboi, K Yoshida, Y Kato, M Nomura… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2011 - Elsevier
Background Lymph node (LN) status is a major determinant of stage and survival in patients
with lung cancer. In the 7th edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors, the …

Rationale for a minimum number of lymph nodes removed with non-small cell lung cancer resection: correlating the number of nodes removed with survival in 98,970 …

AX Samayoa, TA Pezzi, CM Pezzi, E Greer Gay… - Annals of surgical …, 2016 - Springer
Background The benefit of thoracic lymphadenectomy in the treatment of resectable non-
small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) continues to be debated. We hypothesized that the number …

Machine learning to refine prognostic and predictive nodal burden thresholds for post-operative radiotherapy in completely resected stage III-N2 non-small cell lung …

R Zarinshenas, C Ladbury, H McGee, D Raz… - Radiotherapy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The role of post-operative radiotherapy (PORT) for completely resected N2 non-
small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is controversial in light of recent randomized data. We …

A proposal for combination of total number and anatomical location of involved lymph nodes for nodal classification in non-small cell lung cancer

H Saji, M Tsuboi, Y Shimada, Y Kato, K Yoshida… - Chest, 2013 - Elsevier
Background We previously reported the prognostic impact of the number of involved lymph
nodes (LNs) on survival in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, it remains …

Incomplete intrapulmonary lymph node retrieval after routine pathologic examination of resected lung cancer

RA Ramirez, CG Wang, LE Miller, CA Adair… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Pathologic nodal stage affects prognosis in patients with surgically resected non–
small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Unlike examination of mediastinal lymph nodes (LNs) …