Microcomputed tomography as a diagnostic tool for detection of lymph node metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer: A decision-support approach for pathological examination "A pilot study for method validation"

• Main Authors: Ayten Kayı Cangır (Author), Süleyman Gökalp Güneş (Author), Kaan Orhan (Author), Hilal Özakıncı (Author), Yusuf Kahya (Author), Duru Karasoy (Author), Serpil Dizbay Sak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients without lymph node (LN) metastases (pN0) may exhibit different survival rates, even when their T stage is similar. This divergence could be attributed to the current pathology practice, wherein LNs are examined solely in two-dimensional (2D). U...