Oct 28, 2018

Predicting Malignancy Risk of Screen-Detected Lung Nodules-Mean Diameter or Volume

Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
Martin Tammemagi, Alex J Ritchie, Sukhinder Atkar-Khattra, Brendan Dougherty, Calvin Sanghera, John R Mayo, Ren Yuan, Daria Manos, Annette M McWilliams, Heidi Schmidt, Michel Gingras, Sergio Pasian, Lori Stewart, Scott Tsai, Jean M Seely, Paul Burrowes, Rick Bhatia, Ehsan A Haider, Colm Boylan, Colin Jacobs, Bram van Ginneken, Ming-Sound Tsao, Stephen Lam, Pan-Canadian Early Detection of Lung Cancer Study Group
CONCLUSION: Either CAD-based nodule diameter or volume can be used to assist in predicting a nodule's malignancy risk.