Artificial Intelligence-based Model for the Prediction of Occult Lymph Node Metastasis and Improvement of Clinical Decision-making in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Inclusion criteria

• Pathologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer;
• Clinical stage I (AJCC, 8th edition, 2017);
• Age≥18 years old;
• KPS score≥70;
• Patients who have undergone primary NSCLC radical surgery or SBRT treatment;
• Complete systemic lesion imaging assessment before primary NSCLC radical surgery or SBRT treatment (Note: Tumor size ≥ 3 cm or centrally located tumor requires PET/CT and/or invasive mediastinal staging);
• Patients willing to cooperate with the follow-up after primary NSCLC radical surgery;
• informed consent of the patient.

Exclusion criteria

• Poor quality of computed tomography imaging;
• Baseline imaging shows pure ground-glass nodules (GGO);
• Uncontrolled epilepsy, central nervous system disease, or history of mental disorders, judged by the researcher to potentially interfere with the signing of the informed consent form or affect patient compliance.;
• Loss to follow-up.