Figure 1.
Diagram of study cohort selection steps. ELNs, examined lymph nodes. NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; SEER, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results; PSM, propensity score matching; SYSUCC, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center.
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