Decreasing Prevalence of Benign Etiology in Resected Lung Nodules Suspicious for Lung Cancer over the Last Decade

This study investigated treatment strategy for suspicious lung cancer with postoperatively proven benign etiology. In this retrospective study, we collected patients who underwent pulmonary resection for radiologically suspected lung cancer from 2010 to 2019 at Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (FUSCC). Radiological features, preoperative follow-up time, preoperative pathology and postoperative pathology of these patients were documented. We classified resected benign lesions based on paraffin section and compared the therapy management performed on indeterminate lung nodules of 2 time periods (2010-2014 vs 2015-2019).

Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - June 30, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Zelin Ma, Yang Zhang, Qingyuan Huang, Fangqiu Fu, Chaoqiang Deng, Shengping Wang, Yuan Li, Haiquan Chen Tags: THORACIC – Original Submission Source Type: research