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A hypothesized TNM staging system based on the number and location of positive lymph nodes may better reflect the prognosis for patients with NSCLC

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and prognostic accuracy of incorporating the number of positive lymph nodes (PLN) into the TNM staging system for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. METHODS: We screened a total of 9539 patients with resected stage IA-IIIB non-small...

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Autores principales: Shang, Xiaoling, Liu, Jia, Li, Zhenxiang, Lin, Jiamao, Wang, Haiyong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6580546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31208403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-5797-8