Modified Lung-RADS Improves Performance of Screening LDCT in a Population with High Prevalence of Non-smoking-related Lung Cancer

• Published in: Academic radiology Vol. 25; no. 10; p. 1240
• Main Authors: Hsu, Hui-Ting, Tang, En-Kuei, Wu, Ming-Ting, Wu, Carol C, Liang, Chia-Hao, Chen, Chi-Shen, Mar, Guang-Yuan, Lai, Ruay-Sheng, Wang, Jo-Ching, Wu, Chuan-Ling, Huang, Yi-Luan, Wu, Fu-Zong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.2018
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma - diagnostic imaging; Adenocarcinoma - epidemiology; Adenocarcinoma - pathology; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Cohort Studies; Data Systems; Early Detection of Cancer; Female; Humans; Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology; Lung Neoplasms - pathology; Male; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Radiology Information Systems; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Taiwan; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Taiwan; Screening; diagnosis; low-dose CT (LDCT); sensitivity and specificity; lung adenocarcinoma

We proposed a modification of the ACR Lung Imaging Reporting and Data System (Lung-RADS) to clarify the characteristics of subsolid nodules with categories 1-11, and to compare the diagnostic accuracy with Lung-RADS and National Lung Screening Trial criteria in an Asian population with high prevalen...