Abstract:The aim of the study was to investigate the preoperative factors affecting the survival of patients with resectable peripheral nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to improve the management of NSCLC.Methods: One hundred ninety-nine patients with peripheral NSCLC diagnosed clinically without lymph node metastasis were enrolled. The preoperative computed tomography characteristics of the tumors were retrospectively analyzed and the preoperative clinical data were collected. The size of the solid components for lung… Show more
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