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ArticleAnnals of surgical oncology2020

CT-Guided Core Biopsy for Peripheral Sub-solid Pulmonary Nodules to Predict Predominant Histological and Aggressive Subtypes of Lung Adenocarcinoma.

Ping-Chung Tsai, Yi-Chen Yeh, Po-Kuei Hsu, Chun-Ku Chen, Teh-Ying Chou, Yu-Chung Wu

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Article in Annals of surgical oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ping-Chung TsaiDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yi-Chen YehSchool of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Po-Kuei HsuDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chun-Ku ChenSchool of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Teh-Ying ChouSchool of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yu-Chung WuSchool of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. wuyc@vghtpe.gov.tw.
Taipei Veterans General Hospital · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TW

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Abstract

backgroundAdenocarcinoma is the most common type of lung cancer, and pre-operative biopsy plays an important role to determine its major subtypes. As proposed by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), American Thoracic Society (ATS), and European Respiratory Society (ERS) in 2011, the predominant histological subtype of adenocarcinoma is an indicator of outcomes and recurrence rate. However, the value of CT-guided core biopsy in predicting the predominant subtype and detecting the presence of an aggressive subtype of adenocarcinoma, peripheral sub-solid nodule, has less been discussed.

methodsWe retrospectively reviewed 318 consecutive peripheral sub-solid nodules that underwent percutaneous CT-guided lung biopsy and surgical resection, between October 2015 and December 2018 and were diagnosed as adenocarcinoma with histological subtype. The subtyping results from biopsy and surgical pathology were compared to evaluate the concordance rate.

resultsThe overall concordance rate between biopsy and surgical pathology in determining the predominant histological subtype was 64%. Better concordance was found in small tumors (≤ 2 cm), in predicting either predominant histology (χ

conclusionsCT-guided core biopsies provide additional value in predicting the histological subtype of lung adenocarcinoma after surgical resection, especially in small tumors (≤ 2 cm) or an initially pure GGO group.

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Adenocarcinoma of LungLung NeoplasmsMultiple Pulmonary NodulesHumansImage-Guided BiopsyNeoplasm StagingRetrospective StudiesTomography, X-Ray Computed

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