OBJECTIVE. Texture analysis involves the mathematic processing of medical images to
derive sets of numeric quantities that measure heterogeneity. Studies on lung cancer have …

Introduction Accurate clinical staging of mediastinal lymph nodes (MLNs) of patients with
non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is important in determining therapeutic options and …

BACKGROUND: Unsuspected lymph node metastases are found in the surgical specimens
of 10% to 25% clinical stage I lung cancers. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a …

Objectives To develop and validate predictive models using clinical parameters, radiomic
features and a combination of both for lymph node metastasis (LNM) in pre-surgical CT …

Background Nodal staging of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is crucial in evaluation of
prognosis and determination of therapeutic strategy. This study aimed to determine the …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic impact of radiomic
features from CT scans in predicting occult mediastinal lymph node (LN) metastasis of lung …

Introduction: Even for patients with clinical N0 non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), several
invasive tests are available to pathologically confirm the presumptive mediastinal stage by …

Real-time endobronchial ultrasound–guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
is an established technique for invasive mediastinal staging of non–small cell lung cancer …

Introduction In patients with stage IA lung adenocarcinoma (ADC), sublobar resection and
tumor spread through air spaces (STAS) are associated with high rates of locoregional …

Therapeutic decisions in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients depend on the tumor
stage. PET/CT with 18F-FDG is widely accepted as the diagnostic standard of care. The …