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Objective To investigate the impact of lymph node metastasis on the survival of SCLC patients with M1a disease. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 7027 SCLC patients with M1a disease from 2004 to 2015 in SEER database. The Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test were used to estimate the OS in all N stage subgroups. Cox proportional hazard model was used to assess whether N stage was an independent risk factor for prognosis. Results The median OS of all patients was 7 months. Among all M1a patients, the patients without lymph node involvement (N0) had the best OS, followed by N1 stage patients; N2 and N3 stage patients had the worst OS (P < 0.001). Similarly, this trend was observed when M1a disease was subdivided into contralateral pulmonary nodules, malignant pleural effusion and malignant pericardial effusion. Multivariate analysis showed that lymph node metastasis was an independent prognostic factor for SCLC patients with M1a disease, and this result was also noticed in all subgroups of M1a disease. Conclusion Lymph node metastasis may affect the survival of SCLC patients with M1a disease, adding prognostic information. And it is recommended to further improve the N descriptor in the next version of TNM staging system.

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Objective: To investigate the value of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) combined with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the diagnosis of preoperative TN stage and benign and malignant mesenteric lymph nodes. Methods: 80 patients with rectal cancer who were received by Benxi Central Hospital Affiliated to China Medical University and Shengjing Hospital Affiliated to China Medical University from February 2017 to October 2019 were selected, they were scanned with conventional Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), DCE-MRI and DWI to obtain the quantitative parameters of DCE-MRI and DWI [transfer constant (Ktrans), extravascular extracellular volume fraction(Ve), rate constant of backflux (Kep) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)]. DCE-MRI and DWI parameters of different T, N stages and different properties of mesenteric lymph nodes were compared, and its diagnostic efficacy in T, N stages and properties of mesenteric lymph nodes. Results: The levels of Ktrans, Kep and Ve in rectal cancer were higher than that in normal intestinal wall, and ADC was lower than that in normal intestinal wall (P<0.05). The levels of Ktrans, Kep and Ve in T Ⅲ - Ⅳ, N1 and mesangial malignant lymph nodes were higher than that in TⅠ～Ⅱ group, N0 group and mesangial benign lymph node group (P<0.05), the levels of Ktrans, Kep, Ve in patients with TNM stage N1 were higher than that in patients with N0, and ADC was lower than that in patients with N0 (P<0.05). The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of combined diagnosis were higher. Conclusion: DCE-MRI combined with DWI is of high value in the preoperative diagnosis of T, N stage and mesenteric lymph nodes of rectal cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]