Lung Adenocarcinoma Invasiveness Risk in Pure Ground-Glass Opacity Lung Nodules Smaller than 2 cm.

CONCLUSION:  Pure GGNs were highly associated with lung adenocarcinoma in surgically resected cases, while estimated risk of GGNs invasiveness gradually increased as maximal diameter increased.
PMID: 29359309 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon - January 22, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Lee GD, Park CH, Park HS, Byun MK, Lee IJ, Kim TH, Lee S Tags: Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Source Type: research