The Accuracy of Clinical Staging of Stage I-IIIa Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

BackgroundClinical staging of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) helps determine the prognosis and treatment of patients; few data exist on the accuracy of clinical staging and the impact on treatment and survival of patients. We assessed whether participant or trial characteristics were associated with clinical staging accuracy as well as impact on survival.MethodsWe used individual participant data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs),...