BOSTON - Patients with lung nodules often have to undergo several procedures including biopsy and multiple surgeries, but a ...

The widespread utilization of chest CT scans has increased the importance of the proper evaluation of incidentally found lung nodules. The primary goal in the evaluation of these nodules is to ...

Among patients with pulmonary nodules detected on CT, 33.0% received follow-up per Fleischner Society recommendations and 16.6% received more intensive care. Socioeconomic deprivation at the ...

If a nodule or mass is found on a CT scan, a lung biopsy is most often needed to determine whether the abnormality is cancerous or not. In a biopsy, a tissue sample is removed from the lung and ...

Abstract: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancerrelated mortality worldwide. In addition to localizing and segmenting lung nodules, a non-invasive risk assessment system can also help clinicians ...

Wiener RS, Gould MK, Slatore CG, Fincke BG, Schwartz LM, Woloshin S: Resource use and guideline concordance in evaluation of pulmonary nodules for cancer: too much and too little care. JAMA Intern ...

Abstract: Lung cancer is one of the deadliest cancers. Early diagnosis of lung cancer can increase the 5-year survival rate to 70%, and the lung nodule classification is the basis for early diagnosis.

the Early Lung Cancer Action Project (ELCAP), and extensions like New York-ELCAP and International-ELCAP, as well as the NELSON trial, have primarily focused on semi-solid and solid nodules. This ...

For the positioning of pure ground glass pulmonary nodules, it is necessary to maintain a certain positioning distance to avoid medical adhesive covering the nodules and interfering with pathological ...

had a small lung nodule or “spot on the lung” discovered during imaging and underwent the procedure successfully. “His tumor was completely removed with negative margins, and no lymph nodes ...

Non-calcified nodules (NCNs) of ⩾10 mm in diameter were referred for biopsy. Follow up with interval LDCCT at 6, 12 and 24 months to exclude growth was recommended for NCNs <10 mm in diameter. Results ...