Prediction Model for Nodal Disease Among Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:We characterized the performance characteristics of guideline-recommended invasive mediastinal staging (IMS) for lung cancer and developed a prediction model for nodal disease as a potential alternative approach to staging. METHODS:We conducted a prospective cohort study of adults with suspected/confirmed non-small cell lung cancer without evidence of distant metastatic disease (by computed tomography/positron emission tomography) who underwent nodal evaluation by IMS and/or at the time of resection. The true-positive rate was the proportion of patients with true nodal disease selected to undergo IMS based on guideline recommendations, and the false-positive rate was the proportion of patients without true nodal disease selected to undergo IMS. Logistic regression was used to pr

SUBMITTER: Verdial FC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6535349 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature