Impact of Lymph Node Metastasis Patterns on Long-Term Survival in Upper Lobe Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Positive nodal station and tumour laterality significantly impact survival in upper lobe NSCLC. Skip metastases to LN5/6 in left-sided tumours were linked to more favourable prognosis and may warrant inclusion in future TNM classification refinements.
Authors
- N Guberina
- Natalie Baldes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8719-2206)
- Dirk Theegarten
- Martin Schüler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2166-3394)
- Servet Bölükbas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8275-5957)
- Martin Stuschke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6836-0940)
- Fabian Doerr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0878-0406)
- Halime Kalkavan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0090-4080)
- Inna Schott
- Martin Metzenmacher
- Konstantinos Grapatsas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1616-6297)
- Christian Taube
- Nikolas Achilleos
- Maja Guberina
Institutions
- Ruhrlandklinik (DE)
- Essen University Hospital (DE)
- West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen (DE)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Published
- 2025-12-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf467
- Primary Topic
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00