Mediastinal Lymph Node Examination and Survival in Resected Early-Stage Non– Small-Cell Lung Cancer in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, MBBS, FACP, Xinhua Yu, MD, PhD Journal of Thoracic Oncology Volume 7, Issue 12, Pages 1798-1806 (December 2012) DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31827457db Copyright © 2012 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 1 Cohort selection. *These patients were included in a specific analysis to estimate the impact of MLN metastasis on the population without MLN examination. NSCLC, non–small-cell lung cancer; SEER, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database; MLN, mediastinal lymph nodes; LN, Lymph nodes. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2012 7, 1798-1806DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e31827457db) Copyright © 2012 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 2 A, Overall survival curves of patients with and without examination of mediastinal lymph nodes after surgical resection for non–small-cell lung cancer: SEER database from 1998 to 2002. B, Lung cancer-specific survival curves of patients with and without examination of mediastinal lymph nodes after surgical resection for non–small-cell lung cancer: SEER database from 1998 to 2002. C, Survival curves for other causes of patients with and without examination of mediastinal lymph nodes after surgical resection for non–small-cell lung cancer: SEER database from 1998 to 2002. MLN, mediastinal lymph nodes; SEER, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2012 7, 1798-1806DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e31827457db) Copyright © 2012 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions