Preoperative splenic area as a prognostic biomarker of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer

Abstract Background The correlation between the preoperative splenic area measured on CT scans and the overall survival (OS) of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients remains unclear. Methods A retrospective discovery cohort and validation cohort consisting of consecutive NSCLC pati...

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Published in:	Cancer Imaging
Main Authors:	Mengmei Liu, Guanghong Yan, Yanli Li, Ruiming You, Lizhu Liu, Dafu Zhang, Guangjun Yang, Xingxiang Dong, Yingying Ding, Shan Yan, Dingyun You, Zhenhui Li
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2023-12-01
Subjects:	NSCLC Modality CT Overall survival Splenic area
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40644-023-00640-0