Number of Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Gaussian Curve, Not a Prognostic Factor Marc Riquet, MD, PhD, Antoine Legras, MD, Pierre Mordant, MD, PhD, Caroline Rivera, MD, Alex Arame, MD, Laure Gibault, MD, Christophe Foucault, MD, Antoine Dujon, MD, Françoise Le Pimpec Barthes, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 98, Issue 1, Pages 224-231 (July 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.03.023 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Distribution of the number of harvested mediastinal lymph nodes (med-LNs) among the study population (N = 1,095). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 224-231DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.03.023) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Evaluation of the number of positive mediastinal lymph nodes (med-LNs) according to the number of harvested med-LNs when only 1-station involvement is considered (analysis of variance, p = 0.020). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 224-231DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.03.023) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions