Number of Lymph Nodes Associated With Maximal Reduction of Long-Term Mortality Risk in Pathologic Node-Negative Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, MBBS, Obiageli Ogbata, MBBS, Xinhua Yu, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 97, Issue 2, Pages 385-393 (February 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.058 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Selection of study cohort. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 385-393DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.058) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Distribution of number of lymph nodes examined in patients with resected pathologic node-negative non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): US Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results database, 1998 to 2009. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 385-393DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.058) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Evolution of hazard ratio for mortality with the number of lymph nodes examined. (A) All-cause mortality. (B) Lung cancer–specific mortality. (CI = confidence interval.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 385-393DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.058) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Evolution of hazard ratio for all-cause mortality with the number of lymph nodes examined in lobectomy cases. (CI = confidence interval.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 385-393DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.058) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Trend analysis of the number of lymph nodes examined in resected pathologic node-negative non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): US Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results database, 1998 to 2009. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 385-393DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.058) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions