Incidental detection of ground glass nodules and primary lung cancer in patients with breast cancer: prevalence and long-term follow-up on chest computed tomography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with breast cancer have a higher risk of developing lung cancer than the general population. The study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of ground glass nodule (GGN) and risk factors for GGN growth in patients with breast cancer and to evaluate the prevalence and pathologic features of lung cancer.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data and chest computed tomography (CT) of 1,384 patients diagnosed with breast cancer who underwent chest CT between January 2008 and December 2022. We evaluated the prevalence of GGNs and their size changes on follow-up chest CT with volume doubling time (VDT) and identified independent risk factors associated with the growth of GGN using multivariable logistic regression analyses. Furthermore, the prevalence an

SUBMITTER: Ryu HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11009589 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature