Natural History of Pulmonary Subsolid Nodules: A Prospective Multicenter Study

• Published in: Journal of thoracic oncology Vol. 11; no. 7; pp. 1012 - 1028
• Main Authors: Kakinuma, Ryutaro, Noguchi, Masayuki, Ashizawa, Kazuto, Kuriyama, Keiko, Maeshima, Akiko Miyagi, Koizumi, Naoya, Kondo, Tetsuro, Matsuguma, Haruhisa, Nitta, Norihisa, Ohmatsu, Hironobu, Okami, Jiro, Suehisa, Hiroshi, Yamaji, Taiki, Kodama, Ken, Mori, Kiyoshi, Yamada, Kouzo, Matsuno, Yoshihiro, Murayama, Sadayuki, Murata, Kiyoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2016; Copyright by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
• Subjects: Aged; Computed tomography; Female; Ground-glass nodule; Humans; Lung adenocarcinoma; Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Lung Neoplasms - pathology; Lung Neoplasms - surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Natural history; Prospective Studies; Solitary Pulmonary Nodule - diagnostic imaging; Solitary Pulmonary Nodule - pathology; Solitary Pulmonary Nodule - surgery; Subsolid nodule; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Subsolid nodule; Lung adenocarcinoma; Ground-glass nodule; Computed tomography; Natural history

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the natural course of the progression of pulmonary subsolid nodules (SSNs). Eight facilities participated in this study. A total of 795 patients with 1229 SSNs were assessed for the frequency of invasive adenocarcinomas. SSNs were classified into three categ...