The Number of Resected Lymph Nodes (nLNs) Combined with Tumor Size as a Prognostic Factor in Patients with Pathologic N0 and Nx Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

• Miaomiao Yang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Miaomiao Yang, Hongxin Cao

  Affiliations Institute of Oncology, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China, Department of Medical Oncology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University School of Medicine, Yantai, P.R. China

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• Hongxin Cao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Miaomiao Yang, Hongxin Cao

  Affiliation Institute of Oncology, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China

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• Xi Guo,

  Affiliation Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China

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• Tiehong Zhang,

  Affiliation Institute of Oncology, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China

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• Pingping Hu,

  Affiliation Institute of Oncology, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China

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• Jiajun Du ,

  * E-mail: dujiajun@sdu.edu.cn (JD); liuqi66@sdu.edu.cn (QL)

  Affiliation Institute of Oncology, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China

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• Qi Liu

  * E-mail: dujiajun@sdu.edu.cn (JD); liuqi66@sdu.edu.cn (QL)

  Affiliation Institute of Oncology, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China

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