Background: We previously reported that a discrete appearance and limited extent of mediastinal lymph nodes (MLNs) were associated with a better outcome of chemoradiotherapy (CRT) (Horinouchi et al., IJROBP 2016). The pretreatment diagnosis of MLNs is essential for appropriate patient selection. However, a substantial proportion of patient do not undergo invasive tissue sampling in daily clinical practice.
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