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We aimed to develop a nomogram incorporating clinical characteristics with CT and PET findings to predict lymph node metastasis (LNM) in primary lung cancer.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We retrospectively analyzed patients with primary lung cancer and mediastinal and hilar LNs from a tertiary care cancer center. All patients underwent endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration, with diagnostic chest CT and PET-CT. Cytological confirmation of transbronchial needle aspiration samples served as the gold standard for diagnosing LNM. We employed an LN-level modeling approach and constructed five models for independent prediction of LNM: (1) Clinical-CT-PET model, (2) Clinical-CT model, (3) PET model, (4) Clinical-PET model, and (5) CT-PET model. Their performance was further evaluated in the subgroup of LNs &lt; 1\u2009cm.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This study included 455 patients (mean age 70\u2009\u00b1\u200910 years; 55.4% male), predominantly adenocarcinoma (62.0%). Most (68.1%) were stage III\u2013IV. In total, 1391 lymph nodes (1112 training, 279 testing) were analyzed to develop and validate the nomogram. The Clinical-CT-PET model achieved the best diagnostic performance, with AUCs of 0.883 (training cohort) and 0.877 (test cohort), sensitivities of 79.5% and 80.0%, and specificities of 87.1% and 86.9%, respectively. For small LNs, it showed higher AUC (0.797 vs. 0.722,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and sensitivity (71.4% vs. 52%) compared to the PET model.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We developed a nomogram that noninvasively estimates the risk of LNM in lung cancer that may inform individualized preoperative assessment and evidence-based decision-making.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Key Points<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:bold>\n                        <jats:italic>Question<\/jats:italic>\n                      <\/jats:bold>\n                      <jats:italic>Can a nomogram integrating clinical, CT, and PET features improve preoperative prediction of lymph node metastasis in primary lung cancer, particularly in small nodes?<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:bold>\n                        <jats:italic>Findings<\/jats:italic>\n                      <\/jats:bold>\n                      <jats:italic>We developed a Clinical-CT-PET nomogram that achieved the best diagnostic accuracy (AUCs 0.883 and 0.877) among five models, especially for small lymph nodes (&lt;\u20091\u2009cm).<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:bold>\n                        <jats:italic>Clinical relevance<\/jats:italic>\n                      <\/jats:bold>\n                      <jats:italic>This noninvasive Clinical-CT-PET nomogram may improve the accuracy of preoperative lymph node staging and guide individualized treatment planning. 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