Accuracy of various criteria for lymph node staging in ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.

World J Surg Oncol · 2020 · PMC7436989 · PMID 32811523

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highly significantp = 0.004actually significant

When combining the highly specific criteria size (cut-off value 10 mm), inhomogeneous signal intensity, and number of visible lymph nodes n ≥ 7, a highly significant association with nodal metastases (pN+, p = 0.004) was found.

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a trend towards significancep = 0.076so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Additionally, the presence of lymph nodes greater than 10 mm on preoperative CT, and the histopathological confirmation of a lymph node metastasis (pN+), showed a trend towards significance (p = 0.076).

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