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ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pulmonary Ground-Glass Opacity (GGO) Lesions–Large Size and a History of Lung Cancer are Risk Factors for Growth Miyako Hiramatsu, MD,*† Takuya Inagaki, MD,* Tomoya Inagaki, MD,* Yoshio Matsui, MD,* Yukitoshi Satoh, MD, PhD,* Sakae Okumura, MD,* Yuichi Ishikawa, MD, PhD,‡ Etsuo Miyaoka, PhD,§ and Ken Nakagawa, MD* factors for GGO growth, and therefore should be considered when Objective: Ground-glass opacity (GGO) of the lung is being making a follow-up plan. frequently detected by thin section computed tomography scan. Key Words: Lung Adenocarcinoma, Ground-glass, Follow-up, However, the long term management of detected GGO is still Thin-section CT. unclear. To establish follow-up plans, we performed the clinical and radiological review to identify the factors that are closely (J Thorac Oncol. 2008;3: 1245–1250) associated with GGO growth. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed computed tomography im- ages of 125 GGOs that were stable for 3 months between 1999 and ecent studies have demonstrated that screening with low- 2006 at the Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo. To identify factors that Rdose computed tomography (CT) can improve detection affect the roentgenological growth, the time to GGO growth curve 1,2 of lung cancer at an early and potentially curable stage. by Kaplan-Meyer method was evaluated in
Journal of Thoracic Oncology – Wolters Kluwer Health
Published: Nov 1, 2008
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