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Prevalence and quantity of lymph nodes at mediastinal stations in patients with lung cancer: lessons from 181 bilateral mediastinal lymphadenectomies
BackgroundThis study evaluated the prevalence and quantity of lymph nodes at particular stations of the mediastinum in patients with lung cancer....
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Segmentation of mediastinal lymph nodes in CT with anatomical priors
PurposeLymph nodes (LNs) in the chest have a tendency to enlarge due to various pathologies, such as lung cancer or pneumonia. Clinicians routinely...
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Metastasis of cervical cancer indicated by elevation of serum CA125 produced by mediastinal lymph nodes: a case report
BackgroundIn patient assessment for recurrence of neoplasia, a biomarker that shows an elevated serum value before the first treatment is a candidate...
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The Diagnostic Yield of Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) Technique in Assessment of Mediastinal Lymph Nodes
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) technique provides a complementary assessment of the areas of...
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LNAS: a clinically applicable deep-learning system for mediastinal enlarged lymph nodes segmentation and station map** without regard to the pathogenesis using unenhanced CT images
BackgroundThe accurate identification and evaluation of lymph nodes by CT images is of great significance for disease diagnosis, treatment, and...
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Expression of PD-1/PD-L1 axis in mediastinal lymph nodes and lung tissue of human and experimental lung fibrosis indicates a potential therapeutic target for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
BackgroundMediastinal lymph node enlargement is prevalent in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Studies investigating whether this...
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CT texture analysis and node-RADS CT score of mediastinal lymph nodes - diagnostic performance in lung cancer patients
BackgroundTexture analysis derived from computed tomography (CT) can provide clinically relevant imaging biomarkers. Node-RADS is a recently proposed...
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18F-FAPI PET/CT performs better in evaluating mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes in patients with lung cancer: comparison with 18F-FDG PET/CT
BackgroundThe aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of fluorine 18 ( 18 F) labeled fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) in...
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Preoperative evaluation of mediastinal lymph nodes in non-small cell lung cancer using [68Ga]FAPI-46 PET/CT: a prospective pilot study
PurposeMediastinal nodal staging is crucial for surgical candidate selection in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but conventional imaging has...
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The number of resected lymph nodes from the upper mediastinal area predicts long-term outcomes of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after minimally invasive esophagectomy
BackgroundThe total number of resected lymph nodes (LNs) is an important determinant of longer survival after esophagectomy for esophageal squamous...
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Transbronchial lymph node forceps biopsy as a novel tool in diagnosis of mediastinal lymphadenopathy: a pilot study
BackgroundDifferential diagnosis of mediastinal lymphadenopathy is an issue of debate. Lymph nodes may be enlarged due to a variety of inflammatory,...
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Comparison of Silicosis and Tuberculosis Involving Mediastinal Lymph Nodes Based on Contrast-Enhanced Multidetector-Row Computed Tomography
PurposeTo investigate the different imaging features of contrast-enhanced multidetector-row-computed tomography (MDCT) for distinguishing between...
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Sphericity of lymph nodes using 3D-CT predicts metastasis in lung cancer patients
BackgroundThe presence of mediastinal lymph node metastasis is important because it is related to the treatment and prognosis of lung cancer....
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Thoracoscopic salvage esophagectomy with prophylactic mediastinal lymph node dissection after definitive chemoradiotherapy for patients with esophageal cancer
BackgroundSalvage esophagectomy for residual tumor and localized relapses after definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT) for patients with esophageal...
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Investigation of mediastinal lymph node dissection in clinical stage IA pure-solid non-small cell lung cancer patients
ObjectiveTo explore the independent predictors of pathological mediastinal lymph node (pN2) metastasis in clinical stage IA (cIA) pure-solid...
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Comparison of diagnostic value of quantitative parameters from FAPI and FDG PET/CT in the detection of mediastinal lymph node metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer
ObjectiveThis study explores the diagnostic value of quantitative parameters from 68 Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT and 18 F-FDG PET/CT in the detection of...
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The value on SUV-derived parameters assessed on 18F-FDG PET/CT for predicting mediastinal lymph node metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer
PurposeTo explore valuable predictors for mediastinal lymph node metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, we analyzed the potential...
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Tips and tricks for a proper radiological assessment of abdominal and pelvic lymph nodes
The assessment of lymph node dimensions is a commonly used criterion in analyzing lymphatic involvement related to inflammatory or neoplastic...
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Potential application of cryobiopsy for histo-molecular characterization of mediastinal lymph nodes in patients with thoracic malignancies: a case presentation series and implications for future developments
BackgroundThe management of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has become increasingly complex due to the evolution of personalized medicine...
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The concept of broad exposure facilitates uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic mediastinal lymph nodes dissection
BackgroundSystematic lymph node dissection is an important part of radical resection for lung cancer. Insufficient incision of the mediastinal pleura...
