Relevance of Lymph Node Micrometastases in Radically Resected Endobronchial Carcinoid Tumors Tommaso Claudio Mineo, MD, Gianluca Guggino, MD, Davide Mineo, MD, Gianluca Vanni, MD, Vincenzo Ambrogi, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 80, Issue 2, Pages 428-432 (August 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.02.083 Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Location of endobronchial carcinoid tumors. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 80, 428-432DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.02.083) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier disease-free survival and log-rank test for patients with positive (N positive = pN1 + Nmi) and negative (N negative = N0) lymph node micrometastasis. Survivals with traditional pathologic nodal staging (pN0 and pN1) are also reported. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 80, 428-432DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.02.083) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Kaplan-Meier overall survival and log-rank test for patients with N positive (pN1 and pN1 + Nmi) and negative (pN0 and N0) lymph node micrometastasis. Survivals with traditional pathologic nodal staging (pN0 and pN1) are also reported. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 80, 428-432DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.02.083) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions