Evaluation of dynamic image progression of minimally invasive and preinvasive lung adenocarcinomas.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The target of our study was to investigate if the size (greater than and less than 1 cm) of ground-glass opacities (GGOs) of adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) and minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA) of the lung influences the rate of their evolution.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed patients with AIS and MIA who underwent surgery at Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University between January 2018 and July 2019, focusing on histopathology, surgical procedure, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations, and computed tomography (CT) images.

Results

A total of 224 AIS (n=117) and MIA (n=107) tumors were analyzed. The patients with a tumor diameter <1 cm were distinctly younger than those with tumors >1 cm in size (P<0.001). Pure ground-glass

SUBMITTER: Chen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8246155 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature