ReviewBreathe (Sheffield, England)2019
Does aggressive management of solitary pulmonary nodules pay off?
Review in Breathe (Sheffield, England), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Does the positron emission tomography-computed tomography decrease the risk of thoracoscopic lobectomy for benign disease?-a propensity score matched cohort study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Development of a Pulmonary Nodule Service and Clinical Pathway: A Pragmatic Approach Addressing an Unmet Need.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A scoping review of lung cancer surgery with curative intent: workup, fitness assessment, clinical outcomes.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2024Article
- Classification of Pulmonary Nodules in 2-[Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2024Article
- Radiomics and Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Malignancy of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules in the Elderly.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Prevalence and consequences of non-adherence to an evidence-based approach for incidental pulmonary nodules.PloS one · 2022Article
- Pilot study using virtual 4-D tracking electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of pulmonary nodules: a single center prospective study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2021Article
- Lo, the ever confounding nipple shadow!Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia · 2020Article
- Too much or too little medicine? Overdiagnosis, underdiagnosis, overtreatment and undertreatment in respiratory diseases.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2019Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Indeterminate solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs), measuring up to 3 cm in diameter, are incidental radiological findings. The ever-growing use of modern imaging has increased their detection. The majority of those nodules are benign; however, the possibility of diagnosing early-stage lung cancer still stands. Guidelines for the management of SPNs have never been validated in prospective comparative studies. Positron emission tomography (PET) is a useful tool to provide functional information on SPNs. However, overall sensitivity and specificity of PET in detecting malignant SPNs of at least 10 mm in diameter are about 90% and false-negative results are reported. The development of video-assisted thoracic surgery has provided minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of SPNs. In our series, 105 patients underwent surgery based on combined increased
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