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Lung nodules: A comprehensive review on current approach and management.
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- Systematic review and single-arm meta-analysis of the clinical value of multidisciplinary team-based multimodal interventions in pulmonary nodule management.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
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- Clinical and CT Features of Subsolid Pulmonary Nodules With Interval Growth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- Significance of indeterminate pulmonary nodules in resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma-a review.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Pathogen-Specific PET Imaging of Pulmonary Infection Using [Chemical & biomedical imaging · 2026Article
- Perioperative safety and risk stratification of simultaneous resection for multiple pulmonary nodules via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a retrospective cohort study.Translational lung cancer research · 2026Article
- Are respiratory physicians adherent to guidelines when evaluating pulmonary nodules?Internal medicine journal · 2026Article
- Sex-, Age-, and Projection-Related Variability in Pneumothorax and Pulmonary Mass Detection Frequencies on Chest Radiographs: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Perfusion Patterns of Pleura-Based Pulmonary Sarcoma Metastases on Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS): A Single-Center Retrospective Pilot Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Clinical usefulness of polygenic risk scores in risk prediction models for lung cancer screening and lung nodule management.Translational oncology · 2026Article
- Lung Metastasis From Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.Annals of thoracic surgery short reports · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Lung Cancer Probability Models and Guideline Recommendations in Settings With a High Prevalence of Cancer.CHEST pulmonary · 2026Article
- CEACAM5 as a biomarker of semi-solid, lepidic lung adenocarcinoma.Translational lung cancer research · 2026Article
- Efficiency of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery in resection of nodules previously localised with embolisation microcoils.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Shape-Sensing Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopic Cryoablation for Primary and Metastatic Pulmonary Nodules: Feasibility, Safety, and Early Outcomes.Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases · 2026Article
- Incidental pulmonary findings on CT in daily practice: the nodule and the interstitial lung abnormalities - what's old, what's new.La Radiologia medica · 2026Review
- 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
- Super-resolution reconstruction of lung medical images integrating biological vision mechanisms.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2026Article
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Abstract
In daily clinical practice, radiologists and pulmonologists are faced with incidental radiographic findings of pulmonary nodules. Deciding how to manage these findings is very important as many of them may be benign and require no further action, but others may represent early disease and importantly early-stage lung cancer and require prompt diagnosis and definitive treatment. As the diagnosis of pulmonary nodules includes invasive procedures which can be relatively minimal, such as bronchoscopy or transthoracic aspiration or biopsy, but also more invasive procedures such as thoracic surgical biopsies, and as these procedures are linked to anxiety and to cost, it is important to have clearly defined algorithms for the description, management, and follow-up of these nodules. Clear algorithms for the imaging protocols and the management of positive findings should also exist in lung cancer screening programs, which are already established in the USA and which will hopefully be established worldwide. This article reviews current knowledge on nodule definition, diagnostic evaluation, and management based on literature data and mainly recent guidelines.
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