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Table 2 Factors associated with supraclavicular lymph node metastasis

From: Ultrasound guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of metastases in nonpalpable supraclavicular lymph nodes in lung cancer patientsAgobiopsia ecoguidata delle metastasi nei linfonodi sopraclavicolari non palpabili in pazienti affetti da tumore polmonare

  

Supraclavicular lymph node metastasis (+)

(n = 14)

Supraclavicular lymph node metastasis (-)

(n = 92)

p

T Status

cT1

-

3

0.27

 

cT2

3

42

 
 

cT3

2

12

 
 

cT4

9

35

 

Mediastinal invasion

Present

10

33

0.01

 

Absent

4

59

 

Nodal staging

cN (0 or 1)

0

42

0.00

 

cN (2 or 3)

14

50

 

Distant Metastasis

Absent

8

61

0.50

 

Present

6

31

 

Type of tumor

NSCLC

12

81

0.80

 

SCLC

2

11

 

Localization of primary tumor

Central

13

60

0.03

 

Peripheral

1

32

 

Enlarged lymph nodes in 2R-2L

Present

12

16

0.00

stations

Absent

2

76

0.00

  1. Definition of abbreviations: cN, clinical nodal staging; cT, clinical tumoral staging; 2L, left upper paratracheal lymph node; 2R, right upper paratracheal lymph node; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; SCLC, small cell lung cancer.