Abstract:BackgroundSeveral studies have reported that the high expression of programmed death‐ligand 1 (PD‐L1) within tumor cells predicts a poor prognosis. However, the relationship between the PD‐L1 expression and lymph node metastasis or driver mutations in lung cancer remains poorly understood.MethodsA total of 356 consecutive patients who underwent surgical resection for primary lung cancer were included in the study. There were 268 adenocarcinomas including 100 EGFR mutations, 67 squamous cell carcinomas (Sq), an… Show more
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