SUVmax is not a predictor of nodal upstaging in clinical N0 peripheral NSCLC with invasive component size ≤3 cm under the eighth edition TNM classification for lung cancer. Significant risk factors of occult lymph node metastasis are serum CEA level, tumor invasive component size, visceral pleural invasion, and lymphatic invasion.
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