Prognostic factors of patients with pathologic stage I lung adenocarcinoma

Lymph node micrometastasis in N stage: a call for more evidence

“…We would like to thank Dr. Chen and his colleagues for their interest in and positive comments about our work (1). In lung cancer, even patients with pathological stage I nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), who have undergone a radical operation, including total tumor resection and systematic lymphadenectomy, may have recurrence rates between 25% and 40% and 5-year survival rates between 57% and 85% (2).…”