@article { author = {}, title = {Number of Mediastinal Lymph Nodes as a Prognostic Factor in PN2 Non Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Single Centre Experience and Review of the Literature}, journal = {Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention}, volume = {15}, number = {18}, pages = {7559-7562}, year = {2014}, publisher = {West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter.}, issn = {1513-7368}, eissn = {2476-762X}, doi = {}, abstract = {Currently the most important prognostic factor in lung cancer is the stage. In the current lung TNMclassification system, N category is defined exclusively by anatomic nodal location though, in other type of tumours,number of lymph nodes is confirmed to be a fundamental prognostic factor. Therefore we evaluated the numberof mediastinal lymph nodes as a prognostic factor in locally advanced NSCLC after multimodality treatment,observing a significant effect of the number of lymph nodes in terms of OS (p<0.01) and DFS (p<0.001): patientswith a low number of positive mediastinal nodes have a better prognosis.}, keywords = {Locally advanced NSCLC,number of lymph nodes,Prognosis}, url = {https://journal.waocp.org/article_29293.html}, eprint = {https://journal.waocp.org/article_29293_146ca3d2e838979a5261743b0f5445ef.pdf} }