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Current perspectives for the size measurement of screening-detected lung nodules

Author(s) -

Hyungjin Kim,

Chang Min Park

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of thoracic disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 2077-6624

pISSN - 2072-1439

DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.03.24

Subject(s) - medicine , national lung screening trial , lung cancer screening , lung cancer , nodule (geology) , lung , radiology , cancer , oncology , paleontology , biology

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) demonstrated reduced lung cancer mortality of 20% for whom underwent annual low-dose CT screening (1). For the screening-detected nodules, size measurement is mandatory as the nodule size is directly proportional to the lung cancer risk (2). For the size estimation, unidimensional or bi-dimensional diameter measurement have been the standard in practice.

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