Computed tomography (CT) is more sensitive in detecting pulmonary nodules than conventional chest radiography. The incidence of pulmonary nodules on thoracic CT scans, not visible on chest radiographs, in patients with small-cell carcinoma of the bronchus (SCCB) was 27%, and in patients with non-small-cell carcinoma (non-SCCB) the incidence was 28%. Some of these nodules may be malignant. This has implications for the surgical staging of patients with lung cancer in the United Kingdom, where there is a lower incidence of benign granulomatous nodules than in the USA.
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Tumori
January 2025
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Objective: we compared and analyzed the imaging features, tumor markers, pathological immunohistochemistry, and lymph node metastasis rates of solitary and multiple lung adenocarcinoma to provide a valuable reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of 212 patients who underwent thoracic surgery in our hospital from 2022 to 2023, including 149 patients with a solitary lung adenocarcinoma nodule and 63 patients with multiple primary nodules. Via propensity score matching, the imaging features, tumor serological markers, pathological immunohistochemistry, and lymph node metastasis rates of the two groups were compared, and the differences in lymph node metastasis rates between solitary and multiple nodules were explored by binary logistic regression.
World J Surg Oncol
January 2025
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Friendship Hospital, No. 2 Yinghua East Road, Chaoyang District, 100029, Beijing, China.
Background: The aim of this study was to compare the surgical efficacy of one-stage and two-stage video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for bilateral multiple pulmonary nodules (BMPNs).
Methods: A retrospective analysis was made of 156 patients, 84 who underwent one-stage and 72 who underwent two-stage VATS for BMPNs at our department between January 2019 and December 2022. Perioperative and long-term outcomes were compared between the two groups using propensity score-matched (PSM) analysis.
BMC Cancer
January 2025
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, 450052, China.
Background: An increase in the prevalence of lung cancer that is not smoking-related has been noticed in recent years. Unfortunately, these patients are not included in low dose computer tomography (LDCT) screening programs and are not actually considered in early diagnosis. Therefore, improved early diagnosis methods are urgently needed for non-smokers.
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January 2025
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Background: Primary pulmonary Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is a sporadic disease with a favorable prognosis. Particularly, pulmonary MALT lymphoma coexisting with lung cancer is not only rare but also prone to misdiagnosis. The clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of this co-occurrence, however, remain poorly understood.
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December 2024
Chief Physician, No.215 Heping West Road, Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Xinhua District, Hebei Province China. Electronic address:
Background: Distinguishing between benign and malignant pulmonary nodules based on CT imaging features such as the spiculation sign and/or lobulation sign remains challenging and these nodules are often misinterpreted as malignant tumors. this retrospective study aimed to develop a prediction model to estimate the likelihood of benign and malignant lung nodules exhibiting spiculation and/or lobulation signs.
Methods: A total of 500 patients with pulmonary nodules from June 2022 to August 2024 were retrospectively analyzed.
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