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Table 2 Cross-tabulation of EBUS and PET positive nodes in EBUS-accessed lymph node stations per patient in the overall group of 180 patients

From: Patterns of nodal spread in stage III NSCLC: importance of EBUS-TBNA and 18F-FDG PET/CT for radiotherapy target volume definition

Number of PET-positive LNs

Number of EBUS-positive LNs

0

1

2

3

4

5

0

14

2

0

0

0

0

1

7

32

3

2

0

0

2

0

16

35

2

0

0

3

1

5

18

7

2

0

4

1

4

6

6

2

0

5

0

2

4

1

1

1

6

0

0

1

1

0

1

7

0

0

0

2

0

1

  1. All numbers represent patient counts. Spearman correlation coefficient rs = 0.63 (95% CI: 0.53–0.71)