Research Article

Peripheral Tumor Location Predicts a Favorable Prognosis in Patients with Resected Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Prognostic utility of lymph node involvement for patients diagnosed with pN-positive SCLC after surgery. (a) The DFS (n = 59) and OS (n = 53) curves of stage pN1 and pN2 SCLC patients after surgery by lymph node involvement (single and multiple lymph node metastases). (b) The DFS (n = 59) and OS (n = 53) curves of stage pN1 and pN2 SCLC patients after surgery by lymph node station involvement (single- and multistation lymph node metastases).
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