A Nomogram to Predict Benign/Malignant Mediastinal Lymph Nodes Based on EBUS Sonographic Features

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DCA and CIC of 3 EBUS features nomogram in the training set and the validation set. (a) DCA of 3 EBUS features nomogram for predicting the malignancy outcomes of the EBUS-TBNA postoperative negative lymph nodes in the training set. (b) DCA of 3 EBUS features nomogram for predicting the malignancy outcomes of the EBUS-TBNA postoperative negative lymph nodes in the validation set. (c) CIC of 3 EBUS features nomogram for the malignancy outcomes of the EBUS-TBNA postoperative negative lymph nodes in the training set. (d) CIC of 3 EBUS features nomogram for the malignancy outcomes of the EBUS-TBNA postoperative negative lymph nodes in the validation set. CIC, clinical impact curve; DCA, decision curve analysis.

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