Should resection extent be decided by total lesion size or solid component size in ground glass opacity-containing lung adenocarcinomas?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Indication for sublobar resections in early-stage lung adenocarcinomas has been controversial. The purpose of this study was to find appropriate selection criteria for sublobar resections in ground glass opacity (GGO)-containing early-stage lung adenocarcinomas.

Methods

We retrospectively studied 985 consecutive patients with clinical stage IA, peripheral GGO-containing lung adenocarcinomas ≤3 cm in size. According to their radiological appearance, they were divided into a pure GGO group and a part-solid nodule (PSN) group. The PSN group was further divided into a GGO-predominant subgroup and a solid-predominant subgroup. Propensity-score matching (PSM) was conducted first in PSNs with similar total lesion size and then in those with similar solid component size t

SUBMITTER: Lin B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8264310 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature