Does Lymph Node Count Influence Survival in Surgically Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer? Elizabeth A. David, MD, David T. Cooke, MD, Yingjia Chen, MPH, Kieranjeet Nijar, BS, MS, Robert J. Canter, MD, MAS, Rosemary D. Cress, DrPH The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 103, Issue 1, Pages 226-235 (January 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.018 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Distribution of number of lymph nodes sampled. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 226-235DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.018) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Number of lymph nodes sampled by type of resection: sublobar resection (solid bars), lobectomy (shaded bars), and pneumonectomy (open bars). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 226-235DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.018) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Cause-specific survival Kaplan-Meier curves (log rank test, p < 0.0001) for (A) entire cohort, (B) stage I, (C) stage II, and (D) stage III. Number of lymph nodes removed: 0 (blue lines); 1 to 3 (red lines); 4 to 10 (green lines); and 10 or more (yellow lines). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 226-235DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.018) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Overall survival Kaplan-Meier curves (log rank test, p < 0.0001) for (A) entire cohort, (B) stage I, (C) stage II, and (D) stage III. Number of lymph nodes removed: 0 (blue lines); 1 to 3 (red lines); 4 to 10 (green lines); and 10 or more (yellow lines). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 226-235DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.018) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions