The pattern of lymph node metastasis in peripheral pulmonary nodules patients and risk prediction models

BackgroundFor peripheral pulmonary nodules, the regularity of lymph node (LN) metastasis has not been studied. This study aimed to evaluate the metastasis pattern of intrapulmonary and relevant mediastinal lymph nodes in early-stage lung cancer, and further selected patients who were of low risk of...

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Main Authors: Lei Ke, Honghai Ma, Qingyi Zhang, Yiqing Wang, Pinghui Xia, Li Yu, Wang Lv, Jian Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2022.981313/full