Open AccessCommunication About the Probability of Cancer in Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules
Author(s) -
Amelia W. Maiga,
Stephen A. Deppen,
Pierre P. Massion,
Carol CallawayLane,
Rhonda Pinkerman,
Robert S. Dittus,
Eric S. Lambright,
Jonathan C. Nesbitt,
Eric L. Grogan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.4878
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , veterans affairs , cohort , retrospective cohort study , lung cancer , cancer , cohort study , emergency medicine , surgery
Clinical guidelines recommend that clinicians estimate the probability of malignancy for patients with indeterminate pulmonary nodules (IPNs) larger than 8 mm. Adherence to these guidelines is unknown.
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