Managing screening-detected subsolid nodules-the Asian perspective.

ABSTRACT: The broad application of low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening has resulted in the detection of many small pulmonary nodules. In Asia, a large number of these detected nodules with a radiological ground glass pattern are reported as lung adenocarcinomas or premalignant lesions, especially among female non-smokers. In this review article, we discuss controversial issues and conditions involving these subsolid pulmonary nodules that we often face in Asia, including a lack or insufficiency of current guidelines; the roles of preoperative biopsy and imaging; the location of lesions; appropriate selection of localization techniques; the roles of dissection and sampling of frozen sections and lymph nodes; multifocal lesions; and the roles of non-surgical treatment modalities. For these com

SUBMITTER: Sato M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8182721 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature