Zhonghua jie he he hu xi za zhi = Zhonghua jiehe he huxi zazhi = Chinese journal of tuberculosis and respiratory diseases
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Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi · Jul 2005
[Skip metastasis to mediastinal lymph nodes: clinical significance and prognosis in stage III non-small cell lung cancer].
To analyze the significance and prognosis of skip metastasis to mediastinal lymph nodes in stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). ⋯ pN(2) patients with mediastinal lymph node skip metastasis have a more favorable prognosis compared to pN(2) patients with continuous infiltration of the regional lymph nodes. Skip metastasis is an independent prognostic factor for survival. Skip metastasis may represent a subgroup of pN(2) classification.