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Li T, Zhang Y, Fu F, Chen H. The evolution of the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer: A shift in surgical paradigm to a more individualized approach. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2024:S0022-5223(24)00655-X. [PMID: 39067812 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.07.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2024] [Revised: 07/08/2024] [Accepted: 07/16/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024]
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Surgical treatment is an integral part of the comprehensive therapeutic methods for lung cancer, especially for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). With a deeper understanding of the disease, we found that lung cancer is more commonly detected in young females. For regions of Asia, more lung cancer has been detected in early-stage GGO-dominant non-smokers. Therefore, surgical strategies have also been reformed commensurate with the shift of the disease spectrum. However, the pursuit of lung-sparing individualized approaches has raised worldwide attention. Suitable surgical treatment within the curative time window is recommended to maximize the long-term benefit. This article summarizes the shift in surgical treatment for small NSCLCs and hopes to enlighten further innovations to fill in the gaps between the unmet needs and a more individualized approach.
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- Tong Li
- Department of Thoracic Surgery and State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Institute of Thoracic Oncology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Institute of Thoracic Oncology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Institute of Thoracic Oncology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Institute of Thoracic Oncology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Niimi T, Samejima J, Wakabayashi M, Miyoshi T, Tane K, Aokage K, Taki T, Nakai T, Ishii G, Kikuchi A, Yoshioka E, Yokose T, Ito H, Tsuboi M. Ten-year follow-up outcomes of limited resection trial for radiologically less-invasive lung cancer. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2024; 54:479-488. [PMID: 38183216 DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyad187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The JCOG0804/WJOG4507L single-arm confirmatory trial indicated a satisfactory 10-year prognosis for patients who underwent limited resection for radiologically less-invasive lung cancer. However, only one prospective trial has reported a 10-year prognosis. METHODS We conducted a multicenter prospective study coordinated by the National Cancer Center Hospital East and Kanagawa Cancer Center. We analyzed the long-term prognosis of 100 patients who underwent limited resection of a radiologically less-invasive lung cancer in the peripheral lung field. We defined radiologically less-invasive lung cancer as lung adenocarcinoma with a maximum tumor diameter of ≤2 cm, tumor disappearance ratio of ≥0.5 and cN0. The primary endpoint was the 10-year local recurrence-free survival. RESULTS Our patients, with a median age of 62 years, included 39 males. A total of 58 patients were non-smokers; 87 had undergone wide wedge resection and 9 underwent segmentectomy. A total of four cases were converted to lobectomy because of the presence of poorly differentiated components in the frozen specimen or insufficient margin with segmentectomy. The median follow-up duration was 120.9 months. The 10-year recurrence-free survival and overall survival rates of patients with lung cancer were both 96.0%. Following the 10-year long-term follow-up, two patients experienced recurrences at resection ends after wedge resection. CONCLUSIONS Limited resection imparted a satisfactory prognosis for patients with radiologically less-invasive lung cancer, except two cases of local recurrence >5 years after surgery. These findings suggest that patients with this condition who underwent limited resection may require continued follow-up >5 years after surgery.
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- Takahiro Niimi
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba
- Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba
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- Biostatistics Division, Center for Research Administration and Support, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba
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- Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba
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- Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba
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- Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba
- Division of Innovative Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiba, Chiba
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- Department of Pathology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa
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- Department of Pathology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa
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- Department of Pathology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba
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Prognostic impact of artificial intelligence-based volumetric quantification of the solid part of the tumor in clinical stage 0-I adenocarcinoma. Lung Cancer 2022; 170:85-90. [PMID: 35728481 DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2022.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The size of the solid part of a tumor, as measured using thin-section computed tomography, can help predict disease prognosis in patients with early-stage lung cancer. Although three-dimensional volumetric analysis may be more useful than two-dimensional evaluation, measuring the solid part of some lesions is difficult using this methods. We developed an artificial intelligence-based analysis software that can distinguish the solid and non-solid parts (ground-grass opacity). This software calculates the solid part volume in a totally automated and reproducible manner. The predictive performance of the artificial intelligence software was evaluated in terms of survival or recurrence-free survival. METHODS We analyzed the high-resolution computed tomography images of the primary lesion in 772 consecutive patients with clinical stage 0-I adenocarcinoma. We performed automated measurement of the solid part volume using an artificial intelligence-based algorithm in collaboration with FUJIFILM Corporation. The solid part size, the solid part volume based on traditional three-dimensional volumetric analysis, and the solid part volume based on artificial intelligence were compared. RESULTS Higher areas under the curve related to the solid part volume were provided by the artificial intelligence-based method (0.752) than by the solid part size (0.722) and traditional three-dimensional volumetric analysis-based method (0.723). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that the solid part volume based on artificial intelligence was independently correlated with overall survival (P = 0.019) and recurrence-free survival (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION The solid part volume measured by artificial intelligence was superior to conventional methods in predicting the prognosis of clinical stage 0-I adenocarcinoma.
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Kawaguchi Y, Nakao M, Omura K, Iwamoto N, Ozawa H, Kondo Y, Ichinose J, Matsuura Y, Okumura S, Mun M. The utility of three-dimensional computed tomography for prediction of tumor invasiveness in clinical stage IA lung adenocarcinoma. J Thorac Dis 2021; 12:7218-7226. [PMID: 33447410 PMCID: PMC7797862 DOI: 10.21037/jtd-20-2131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Background It is critical to have an accurate measurement of solid tumor size in order to predict the invasiveness of small lung adenocarcinomas. Some lesions cannot be measured accurately via High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) due to their irregular shape and unclear borders. For this reason, we evaluated the relative efficacy of three-dimensional (3D) CT for predicting invasive adenocarcinoma. Methods We evaluated 195 patients with clinical stage IA adenocarcinomas, including 109 with lesions documented as invasive that were surgically resected at our institute during 2017. All lesions were categorized as either (I) lesions that were difficult to evaluate (i.e., hazy lesions; HL) or (II) more typical lesions (TL). The relationships between solid tumor size as determined by HRCT, solid tumor volume as determined by 3D CT and pathologic diagnosis were evaluated. Results Fifty-seven patients (29%) were diagnosed with HL. We set the cut-off value for the solid volume at 225 mm3 as predictive for invasive adenocarcinoma. When evaluating all 195 patients as a group, the accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity based on the solid tumor volume were similar to those based on the solid tumor size. When we limit our analysis to the HL group, the specificity based on solid tumor volume (65.5%) was higher than that based on solid tumor size (44.8%) with a difference that approached statistical significance (P=0.070). Conclusions 3D CT was equivalent to HRCT for predicting invasive adenocarcinoma and may be particularly useful for diagnosing lesions that are difficult to evaluate on HRCT.
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- Yohei Kawaguchi
- Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, The Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, The Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, The Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, The Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, The Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, The Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, The Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, The Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, The Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, The Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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Lu H, Kim J, Qi J, Li Q, Liu Y, Schabath MB, Ye Z, Gillies RJ, Balagurunathan Y. Multi-Window CT Based Radiological Traits for Improving Early Detection in Lung Cancer Screening. Cancer Manag Res 2020; 12:12225-12238. [PMID: 33273859 PMCID: PMC7707434 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s246609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Rationale and Objectives Evaluate ability of radiological semantic traits assessed on multi-window computed tomography (CT) to predict lung cancer risk. Materials and Methods A total of 199 participants were investigated, including 60 incident lung cancers and 139 benign positive controls. Twenty lung window features and 2 mediastinal window features were extracted and scored on a point scale in three screening rounds. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to explore the association of these radiological traits with the risk of developing lung cancer. The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC), sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive value (PPV) were computed to evaluate the best predictive model. Results Combining mediastinal window-specific features with the lung window features-based model significantly improves performance compared to individual window features. Model performance is consistent both at baseline and the first follow-up scan, with an AUROC increased from 0.822 to 0.871 (p = 0.009) and from 0.877 to 0.917 (p = 0.008), respectively, for single to multi-window feature models. We also find that the multi-window CT based model showed better specificity and PPV, with PPV at the second follow-up scan improved to 0.953. Conclusion We find combining window semantic features improves model performance in identifying cancerous nodules. We also find that lung window features are more informative compared to mediastinal features in predicting malignancy.
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- Hong Lu
- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.,Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.,Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA.,Department of Machine Language, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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Suzuki K, Watanabe SI, Wakabayashi M, Saji H, Aokage K, Moriya Y, Yoshino I, Tsuboi M, Nakamura S, Nakamura K, Mitsudomi T, Asamura H. A single-arm study of sublobar resection for ground-glass opacity dominant peripheral lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020; 163:289-301.e2. [PMID: 33487427 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.09.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The optimal mode of surgery for ground-glass opacity dominant peripheral lung cancer defined with thoracic thin-section computed tomography remains unknown. METHODS We conducted a single-arm confirmatory trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of sublobar resection for ground-glass opacity dominant peripheral lung cancer. Lung cancer with maximum tumor diameter 2.0 cm or less and with consolidation tumor ratio 0.25 or less based on thin-section computed tomography were registered. The primary end point was 5-year relapse-free survival. The planned sample size was 330 with the expected 5-year relapse-free survival of 98%, threshold of 95%, 1-sided α of 5%, and power of 90%. The trial is registered with University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry, number University Hospital Medical Information Network 000002008. RESULTS Between May 2009 and April 2011, 333 patients were enrolled from 51 institutions. Median age was 62 years (interquartile range, 56-68), and 109 were smokers. Median maximum tumor diameter was 1.20 cm (1.00-1.54). Median maximum tumor diameter of consolidation was 0 (0.00-0.20). The primary end point, 5-year relapse-free survival, was estimated on 314 patients who underwent sublobar resection. Operative modes were 258 wide wedge resections and 56 segmentectomies. Median pathological surgical margin was 15 mm (0-55). The 5-year relapse-free survival was 99.7% (90% confidence interval, 98.3-99.9), which met the primary end point. There was no local relapse. Grade 3 or higher postoperative complications based on Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Effect v3.0 were observed in 17 patients (5.4%), without any grade 4 or 5. CONCLUSIONS Sublobar resection with enough surgical margin offered sufficient local control and relapse-free survival for lung cancer clinically resectable N0 staged by computed tomography with 3 or fewer peripheral lesions 2.0 cm or less amenable to sublobar resection and with a consolidation tumor ratio of 0.25 or less.
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- Kenji Suzuki
- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Japan Clinical Oncology Group Data Center/Operations Office, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chiba Rosai Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan
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- Japan Clinical Oncology Group Data Center/Operations Office, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Most focal persistent ground glass nodules (GGNs) do not progress over 10 years. Research suggests that GGNs that do not progress, those that do, and solid lung cancers are fundamentally different diseases, although histologically they seem similar. Surveillance of GGNs to identify those that gradually progress is safe and does not risk losing a window. GGNs with 5 mm solid component or less than 10 mm consolidation (mediastinal and lung windows, respectively, on thin slice CT) are highly curable with resection. The optimal type of resection is unclear; sublobar resection is reasonable but an adequate margin is critically important.
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- Vincent J Mase
- Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, PO Box 208062, New Haven, CT 06520-8062, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, PO Box 208062, New Haven, CT 06520-8062, USA.
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Kuroda H, Nakada T, Oya Y, Takahashi Y, Matsusita H, Sakakura N. Clinical adjustability of radiological tools in patients with surgically resected cT1N0-staged non-small-cell lung cancer from the long-term survival evaluation. J Thorac Dis 2020; 12:6655-6662. [PMID: 33282366 PMCID: PMC7711385 DOI: 10.21037/jtd-20-1610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Background Various radiological tools have been introduced to determine the malignancy or prognosis of lung carcinomas. We retrospectively summarized the clinical outcomes to evaluate whether radiological tools such as consolidation-to-tumor ratio (CTR), tumor disappearance ratio (TDR), and mediastinal diameter (MD) are suitable for surgically resected non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods This retrospective study included 260 patients (128 men and 132 women; median age, 64 years) with cT1N0-staged NSCLC who underwent thoracotomy. Disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) outcomes were analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazards model. Results When the adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) with reference to cT1a/1 mi were calculated, significant differences were observed in cT1b and cT1c for DFS (P=0.04 and P<0.01, respectively) and in cT1c for OS (P=0.01). For HRs with reference to CTR (≤0.5), a significant difference was only observed in CTR (>0.5) for DFS (P=0.01). For HRs with reference to TDR (≤25%), significant differences were observed in TDR (>75%) for DFS (P=0.02) and OS (P=0.02). For HRs with reference to MD (≤5 mm), significant differences were observed in 6–20 mm (P=0.04) and >20 mm (P=0.02) for DFS and in >20 mm (P=0.02) for OS. Conclusions All radiological tools revealed significant correlations with prognosis in the patients with cT1N0-staged NSCLCs. We recommend the use of MD in a clinical context. However, further investigation of this issue is needed.
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- Hiroaki Kuroda
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.,Department of Thoracic Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Translational Oncoimmunology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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Zheng J, Zhou J, Liu J, Xu J, Sun K, Wang B, Cao H, Ding W, Zhou J. Quantitative volumetric assessment of the solid portion percentage on CT images to predict ROS1/ALK rearrangements in lung adenocarcinomas. Oncol Lett 2020; 20:2987-2996. [PMID: 32782616 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2020.11816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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In the present study, the predictive role of the percentage of the solid portion volume (PSV) in patients with lung adenocarcinoma was investigated. The PSV was obtained through quantitative volumetric assessments based on reconstructed CT images of lung adenocarcinoma by comparing the index among tumors with c-ros oncogene 1 (ROS1) rearrangement, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations, echinoderm anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangements or wild-type (WT) status for the three genes. Among 1,120 patients with lung adenocarcinoma, 28 patients with ROS1 rearrangement lung adenocarcinoma, 71 with ALK rearrangement and 578 with EGFR mutations were diagnosed. PSV was quantitatively measured by semi-automated nodule assessment software and compared in patients with different mutation statuses. The PSV (presented as the median with interquartile range) in the ROS1 rearrangement group [87.9 (82.7-92.3)%] was higher than that in the EGFR mutation group [70.4 (51.4-83.4%)] and the WT group [63.0 (50.9-83.2)%; P<0.001], but was similar to that in the ALK rearrangement group [84.0 (70.3-90.0)%; P=0.251]. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for the PSV to predict ROS1 or ALK rearrangement combined was 0.702 (95% CI: 0.631-0.773; P<0.001); at a cut-off value of 0.805 (when the Youden index was maximal), the predictive sensitivity was 0.697 and the specificity was 0.702. Younger age and higher PSV values were independent predictors of ROS1/ALK rearrangements. The AUC for the predictive model combined with age and PSV was 0.785. In conclusion, the PSV in the lung adenocarcinomas with ROS1 rearrangement was significantly higher compared with that in the EGFR-mutated and WT lung adenocarcinoma, but was similar to that in lung adenocarcinoma with ALK rearrangement. Younger age and higher PSV values on CT in patients with lung adenocarcinomas were predictive factors for ROS1/ALK rearrangement.
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- Jing Zheng
- Department of Respiratory Disease, Thoracic Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory Disease, Thoracic Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory Disease, Thoracic Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory Disease, Thoracic Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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Samejima J, Ito H, Nakayama H, Nagashima T, Osawa J, Inafuku K, Suzuki M, Yokose T, Yamada K, Masuda M. Which Window Setting Is Best for Estimating Pathologic Invasive Size and Invasiveness? Ann Thorac Surg 2019; 108:384-391. [DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.03.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Revised: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Lu H, Mu W, Balagurunathan Y, Qi J, Abdalah MA, Garcia AL, Ye Z, Gillies RJ, Schabath MB. Multi-window CT based Radiomic signatures in differentiating indolent versus aggressive lung cancers in the National Lung Screening Trial: a retrospective study. Cancer Imaging 2019; 19:45. [PMID: 31253194 PMCID: PMC6599273 DOI: 10.1186/s40644-019-0232-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Background We retrospectively evaluated the capability of radiomic features to predict tumor growth in lung cancer screening and compared the performance of multi-window radiomic features and single window radiomic features. Methods One hundred fifty lung nodules among 114 screen-detected, incident lung cancer patients from the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) were investigated. Volume double time (VDT) was calculated as the difference between continuous two scans and used to define indolent and aggressive lung cancers. Lung nodules were semi-automatically segmented using lung and mediastinal windows separately, and subtracting the mediastinal window region from the lung window region generated the difference region. 364 radiomic features were separately exacted from nodules using the lung window, the mediastinal window and the difference region. Multivariable models were conducted to identify the most predictive features in predicting tumor growth. Clinical information was also obtained from the database. Results Based on our definition, 26% of the cases were indolent lung cancer. The tumor growth pattern could be predicted by radiomic models constructed using features obtained in the lung window, the difference region, and by combining features obtained in both the lung window and difference regions with areas under the receiver operator characteristic (AUROCs) of 0.799, 0.819, and 0.846, respectively. The multi-window feature model showed better performance compared to single window features (P < 0.001). Incorporating clinical factors into the multi-window feature models showed improvement, yielding an accuracy of 84.67% and AUROC of 0.855 for distinguishing indolent from aggressive disease. Conclusions Multi-window CT based radiomics features are valuable predictors of indolent lung cancers and out performed single CT window setting. Combining clinical information improved predicting performance. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s40644-019-0232-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Hong Lu
- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Huanhuxi Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300060, China.,Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Huanhuxi Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300060, China.,Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Huanhuxi Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300060, China.
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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Shimada Y, Furumoto H, Imai K, Masuno R, Matsubayashi J, Kajiwara N, Ohira T, Ikeda N. Prognostic value of tumor solid-part size and solid-part volume in patients with clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Dis 2018; 10:6491-6500. [PMID: 30746193 DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2018.11.08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Background This study aimed to predict the malignant potential of clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer (c-I NSCLC) by semiautomatic three-dimensional (3D) volumetric measurement of a tumor (3D-data) and the axial computed tomography (CT) data derived from a 3D volumetric dataset (2D-data). The predictive performance was evaluated in terms of overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), and pathological invasive factors (positive lymphatic invasion, blood vessel invasion, pleural invasion, or lymph node metastasis). Methods We identified 252 patients (122 male; mean age, 68 years; range, 23-84 years) with c-I NSCLC who underwent high resolution CT and reconstruction of 3D imaging, followed by complete resection between January 2012 and December 2015. In this study, 2D-data including whole tumor size (WTS) and solid-part size (SPS) and 3D-data including whole tumor volume (WTV) and solid-part volume (SPV) acquired by a 3D volume rendering software were analyzed. Results The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve for WTS, SPS, WTV, SPV relevant to recurrence was 0.667, 0.727, 0.654, and 0.751 while analyses of ROC curves revealed optimal WTS, SPS, WTV, and SPV cut-off values to predict recurrence of 2.48 cm, 2.03 cm, 3,258 mm3 and 1,889 mm3, respectively. The association between SPS and SPV was the coefficient of determination (R 2) =0.59. Multivariate analysis showed that SPV >1,889 mm3 (P=0.016) and male (P=0.041) were significant predictors of OS whereas SPV >1,889 mm3 (P=0.001), male (P=0.003), and the serum carcinoembryonic antigen value (P=0.041) were significantly correlated with DFS. SPS, SPV as well as the combination of SPS and SPV were all significantly correlated with the prediction of OS and DFS, and the incidence of pathological invasive factors. Conclusions SPV and the integrated use of SPS and SPV was highly beneficial for the prediction of postoperative prognosis in c-I NSCLC.
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- Yoshihisa Shimada
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Qin X, Gu X, Lu Y, Zhou W. EGFR-TKI-sensitive mutations in lung carcinomas: are they related to clinical features and CT findings? Cancer Manag Res 2018; 10:4019-4027. [PMID: 30323660 PMCID: PMC6173510 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s174623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Background Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation testing is restricted to several limitations. In this study, we examined the relationship between EGFR mutation status and clinicoradiological characteristics in a Chinese cohort of patients. Materials and methods The data of patients who were diagnosed with lung carcinoma and underwent both EGFR testing and chest computed tomography (CT) at our hospital between January 1, 2011, and November 31, 2015, were retrospectively analyzed. The age, sex, and smoking index of the patients, the size, margin, and density of the tumor, and the presence of specific signs visible on the CT images were assessed. Results The results showed a higher rate of EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)-sensitive group than nonsensitive group in female patients and patients with a low smoking index (P<0.001, both). In logistic regression analyses, tumor size (P<0.001), smooth margins (P=0.015), and angular margins (P<0.001) were independent negative predictors of EGFR-TKI-sensitive group. Pleural indentation (P<0.001) and air bronchogram (P=0.025) were independent positive predictors of EGFR-TKI-sensitive group. Patients with squamous cell carcinoma had fewer sensitive mutations than those with either adenocarcinoma (P<0.001) or adenosquamous carcinoma (P<0.001). Conclusion Clinical and CT characteristics differed significantly between EGFR-TKI-sensitive and nonsensitive groups. Our findings may be useful in deciding therapeutic strategies for patients in whom EGFR testing is not possible.
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- Xiaoyi Qin
- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pneumology, Ningbo Yinzhou No. 2 Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China,
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China,
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Furumoto H, Shimada Y, Imai K, Maehara S, Maeda J, Hagiwara M, Okano T, Masuno R, Kakihana M, Kajiwara N, Ohira T, Ikeda N. Prognostic impact of the integration of volumetric quantification of the solid part of the tumor on 3DCT and FDG-PET imaging in clinical stage IA adenocarcinoma of the lung. Lung Cancer 2018; 121:91-96. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2017] [Revised: 02/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Associations between clinical data and computed tomography features in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in lung adenocarcinoma. Int J Clin Oncol 2017; 23:249-257. [PMID: 28988295 PMCID: PMC5882627 DOI: 10.1007/s10147-017-1197-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND To analyse the differences in computed tomography (CT) features between patients with lung adenocarcinoma who have epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations and those who have wild-type EGFR. METHODS Patients with lung adenocarcinoma (n = 156) were enrolled from October 2013 to March 2016, including 56 patients with wild-type EGFR and 100 patients with EGFR mutations. Two independent radiologists evaluated patient characteristics and imaging features. Chi-squared test, Fisher's exact test or ANOVA was applied to discriminate clinical and CT characteristics between the genotypes. A prediction tool for EGFR mutation was devised from principal component analysis. RESULTS The proportion of females and non-smokers in the exon 19 deletion and exon 21 missense groups was higher than in the wild-type group (P < 0.01). Severe emphysema was higher in the wild-type group than in the exon 19 deletion group (P < 0.01). The maximum diameter in the mediastinal window (MaxDmediastinal) in the wild-type group was longer than in the exon 19 deletion and exon 21 missense groups. The minimum diameter in the mediastinal window (MinDmediastinal) in the wild-type group was also longer than in the exon 21 missense group, with a significant difference (P < 0.05). The tumor shadow disappearance rate (TDR) in the exon 19 deletion group was higher than in the wild-type group. Ground glass opacity (GGO) appeared to be more common in the exon 19 deletion group (P = 0.010). The prediction score for exon 19 deletion mutation was: 0.305 × gender + 0.254 × smoking history + 0.198 × MaxDmediastinal + TDR × 0.254 + 0.280 × GGO + 0.095 × emphysema. The sensitivity and specificity for predicting exon 19 deletion were 59.09 and 76.79%, respectively. The prediction score for the exon 21 missense mutation was: 0.354 × gender + 0.291 × smoking history + 0.410 × MaxDmediastinal + 0.408 × MinDmediastinal. The sensitivity and specificity for predicting exon 21 missense mutation were 72.34 and 78.57%, respectively. CONCLUSION As well as gender, smoking history and GGO, adenocarcinomas with EGFR mutation were significantly associated with emphysema, TDR, and the diameter in the mediastinal window. As exon 19 deletion and 21 missense mutations might be predicted by those features, the scoring system might be valuable for clinical diagnosis.
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Comparison between solid component size on thin-section CT and pathologic lymph node metastasis and local invasion in T1 lung adenocarcinoma. Jpn J Radiol 2017; 35:109-115. [DOI: 10.1007/s11604-017-0610-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 12/28/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Yu WS, Hong SR, Lee JG, Lee JS, Jung HS, Kim DJ, Chung KY, Lee CY. Three-Dimensional Ground Glass Opacity Ratio in CT Images Can Predict Tumor Invasiveness of Stage IA Lung Cancer. Yonsei Med J 2016; 57:1131-8. [PMID: 27401643 PMCID: PMC4960378 DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2016.57.5.1131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Revised: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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PURPOSE We investigated the relationship between various parameters, including volumetric parameters, and tumor invasiveness according to the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)/American Thoracic Society (ATS)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) classification. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 99 patients with completely resected stage IA lung adenocarcinoma. The correlation between several parameters [one-dimensional ground glass opacity (1D GGO) ratio, two-dimensional (2D) GGO ratio, three-dimensional (3D) GGO ratio, 1D solid size, 2D solid size, and 3D solid size] and tumor invasiveness according to IASLC/ATS/ERS classification was investigated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Adenocarcinoma in situ and minimally invasive adenocarcinoma were referred to as noninvasive adenocarcinoma. RESULTS The areas under the curve (AUC) to predict invasive adenocarcinoma for the 1D, 2D, and 3D GGO ratios were 0.962, 0.967, and 0.971, respectively. The optimal cut-off values for the 1D, 2D, and 3D GGO ratios were 38%, 62%, and 74%, respectively. The AUC values for 1D, 2D, and 3D solid sizes to predict invasive adenocarcinoma were 0.933, 0.944, and 0.903, respectively. The optimal cut-off values for 1D, 2D, and 3D solid sizes were 1.2 cm, 1.5 cm², and 0.7 cm³, respectively. The difference in the ROC curves for 3D GGO ratio and 3D solid size was significant (p=0.01). CONCLUSION Computed tomography image-related parameters based on GGO were well correlated with and predictive of invasiveness according to IASLC/ATS/ERS classification. 3D GGO ratio was more strongly correlated with pathologic invasiveness than 3D solid size.
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- Woo Sik Yu
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
- Department of Medicine, The Graduate School of Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgey, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgey, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgey, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgey, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgey, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Sakakura N, Inaba Y, Yatabe Y, Mizuno T, Kuroda H, Yoshimura K, Sakao Y. Estimation of the pathological invasive size of pulmonary adenocarcinoma using high-resolution computed tomography of the chest: A consideration based on lung and mediastinal window settings. Lung Cancer 2016; 95:51-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2016.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2015] [Revised: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The prognostic value of tumor shadow disappearance rate on integrated PET/CT evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodules with low glucose metabolism. Nucl Med Commun 2016; 37:356-62. [PMID: 26796032 DOI: 10.1097/mnm.0000000000000446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine the prognostic value of the tumor shadow disappearance rate (TDR) on integrated PET/computed tomography (PET/CT) evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) with low glucose uptake. MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 2008 to September 2010, 99 patients who underwent fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET (F-FDG-PET)/CT scanning for the evaluation of SPNs with a maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) below 2.75 (2.5+10%) were retrospectively reviewed. Among the 99 SPNs from these patients, 67 were malignant and 32 were benign, based on surgical pathology. Differences in baseline characteristics between the two groups were examined by means of the independent t-test, the Mann-Whitney U-test, and the χ-test. To test the efficacy of TDR for determining malignancy, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, accuracy, and positive and negative likelihood ratios (LR+ and LR-, respectively) with 95% confidence intervals were calculated using the pathological test as the gold standard. RESULTS Patients with malignant nodules were older than those with benign nodules (64.5 vs. 55.1 years, respectively, P<0.001) and had higher TDRs (0.8 vs. 0.3, respectively, P<0.001). The optimal cutoff point for the TDR was 0.4886 where the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were 0.851, 0.844, 0.919, and 0.730, respectively, and the LR+ and LR- were 5.443 and 0177, respectively. A significant negative correlation between TDR and SUVmax was found only in the malignant group. CONCLUSION The diagnostic value of TDR complements the PET/CT evaluation of SPNs with a low F-FDG uptake.
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Prognostic impact of nomogram based on whole tumour size, tumour disappearance ratio on CT and SUVmax on PET in lung adenocarcinoma. Eur Radiol 2015; 26:1538-46. [DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-4029-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Revised: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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van Riel SJ, Sánchez CI, Bankier AA, Naidich DP, Verschakelen J, Scholten ET, de Jong PA, Jacobs C, van Rikxoort E, Peters-Bax L, Snoeren M, Prokop M, van Ginneken B, Schaefer-Prokop C. Observer Variability for Classification of Pulmonary Nodules on Low-Dose CT Images and Its Effect on Nodule Management. Radiology 2015; 277:863-71. [PMID: 26020438 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2015142700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PURPOSE To examine the factors that affect inter- and intraobserver agreement for pulmonary nodule type classification on low-radiation-dose computed tomographic (CT) images, and their potential effect on patient management. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nodules (n = 160) were randomly selected from the Dutch-Belgian Lung Cancer Screening Trial cohort, with equal numbers of nodule types and similar sizes. Nodules were scored by eight radiologists by using morphologic categories proposed by the Fleischner Society guidelines for management of pulmonary nodules as solid, part solid with a solid component smaller than 5 mm, part solid with a solid component 5 mm or larger, or pure ground glass. Inter- and intraobserver agreement was analyzed by using Cohen κ statistics. Multivariate analysis of variance was performed to assess the effect of nodule characteristics and image quality on observer disagreement. Effect on nodule management was estimated by differentiating CT follow-up for ground-glass nodules, solid nodules 8 mm or smaller, and part-solid nodules smaller than 5 mm from immediate diagnostic work-up for solid nodules larger than 8 mm and part-solid nodules 5 mm or greater. RESULTS Pair-wise inter- and intraobserver agreement was moderate (mean κ, 0.51 [95% confidence interval, 0.30, 0.68] and 0.57 [95% confidence interval, 0.47, 0.71]). Categorization as part-solid nodules and location in the upper lobe significantly reduced observer agreement (P = .012 and P < .001, respectively). By considering all possible reading pairs (28 possible combinations of observer pairs × 160 nodules = 4480 possible agreements or disagreements), a discordant nodule classification was found in 36.4% (1630 of 4480), related to presence or size of a solid component in 88.7% (1446 of 1630). Two-thirds of these discrepant readings (1061 of 1630) would have potentially resulted in different nodule management. CONCLUSION There is moderate inter- and intraobserver agreement for nodule classification by using current recommendations for low-radiation-dose CT examinations of the chest. Discrepancies in nodule categorization were mainly caused by disagreement on the size and presence of a solid component, which may lead to different management in the majority of cases with such discrepancies. (©) RSNA, 2015.
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- Sarah J van Riel
- From the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (S.J.V.R., C.I.S., E.T.S., C.J., E.V.R., L.P.B., M.S., M.P., B.V.G., C.S.P.); Department of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass (A.A.B.); Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (D.P.N.); Department of Imaging and Pathology, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (J.V.); Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (P.A.D.J.); and Department of Radiology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands (C.S.P.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (S.J.V.R., C.I.S., E.T.S., C.J., E.V.R., L.P.B., M.S., M.P., B.V.G., C.S.P.); Department of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass (A.A.B.); Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (D.P.N.); Department of Imaging and Pathology, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (J.V.); Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (P.A.D.J.); and Department of Radiology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands (C.S.P.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (S.J.V.R., C.I.S., E.T.S., C.J., E.V.R., L.P.B., M.S., M.P., B.V.G., C.S.P.); Department of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass (A.A.B.); Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (D.P.N.); Department of Imaging and Pathology, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (J.V.); Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (P.A.D.J.); and Department of Radiology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands (C.S.P.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (S.J.V.R., C.I.S., E.T.S., C.J., E.V.R., L.P.B., M.S., M.P., B.V.G., C.S.P.); Department of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass (A.A.B.); Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (D.P.N.); Department of Imaging and Pathology, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (J.V.); Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (P.A.D.J.); and Department of Radiology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands (C.S.P.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (S.J.V.R., C.I.S., E.T.S., C.J., E.V.R., L.P.B., M.S., M.P., B.V.G., C.S.P.); Department of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass (A.A.B.); Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (D.P.N.); Department of Imaging and Pathology, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (J.V.); Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (P.A.D.J.); and Department of Radiology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands (C.S.P.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (S.J.V.R., C.I.S., E.T.S., C.J., E.V.R., L.P.B., M.S., M.P., B.V.G., C.S.P.); Department of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass (A.A.B.); Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (D.P.N.); Department of Imaging and Pathology, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (J.V.); Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (P.A.D.J.); and Department of Radiology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands (C.S.P.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (S.J.V.R., C.I.S., E.T.S., C.J., E.V.R., L.P.B., M.S., M.P., B.V.G., C.S.P.); Department of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass (A.A.B.); Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (D.P.N.); Department of Imaging and Pathology, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (J.V.); Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (P.A.D.J.); and Department of Radiology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands (C.S.P.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (S.J.V.R., C.I.S., E.T.S., C.J., E.V.R., L.P.B., M.S., M.P., B.V.G., C.S.P.); Department of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass (A.A.B.); Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (D.P.N.); Department of Imaging and Pathology, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (J.V.); Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (P.A.D.J.); and Department of Radiology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands (C.S.P.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (S.J.V.R., C.I.S., E.T.S., C.J., E.V.R., L.P.B., M.S., M.P., B.V.G., C.S.P.); Department of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass (A.A.B.); Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (D.P.N.); Department of Imaging and Pathology, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (J.V.); Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (P.A.D.J.); and Department of Radiology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands (C.S.P.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (S.J.V.R., C.I.S., E.T.S., C.J., E.V.R., L.P.B., M.S., M.P., B.V.G., C.S.P.); Department of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass (A.A.B.); Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (D.P.N.); Department of Imaging and Pathology, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (J.V.); Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (P.A.D.J.); and Department of Radiology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands (C.S.P.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (S.J.V.R., C.I.S., E.T.S., C.J., E.V.R., L.P.B., M.S., M.P., B.V.G., C.S.P.); Department of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass (A.A.B.); Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (D.P.N.); Department of Imaging and Pathology, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (J.V.); Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (P.A.D.J.); and Department of Radiology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands (C.S.P.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (S.J.V.R., C.I.S., E.T.S., C.J., E.V.R., L.P.B., M.S., M.P., B.V.G., C.S.P.); Department of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass (A.A.B.); Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (D.P.N.); Department of Imaging and Pathology, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (J.V.); Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (P.A.D.J.); and Department of Radiology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands (C.S.P.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (S.J.V.R., C.I.S., E.T.S., C.J., E.V.R., L.P.B., M.S., M.P., B.V.G., C.S.P.); Department of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass (A.A.B.); Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (D.P.N.); Department of Imaging and Pathology, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (J.V.); Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (P.A.D.J.); and Department of Radiology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands (C.S.P.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (S.J.V.R., C.I.S., E.T.S., C.J., E.V.R., L.P.B., M.S., M.P., B.V.G., C.S.P.); Department of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass (A.A.B.); Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (D.P.N.); Department of Imaging and Pathology, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (J.V.); Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (P.A.D.J.); and Department of Radiology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands (C.S.P.)
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Shimada Y, Saji H, Otani K, Maehara S, Maeda J, Yoshida K, Kato Y, Hagiwara M, Kakihana M, Kajiwara N, Ohira T, Akata S, Ikeda N. Survival of a surgical series of lung cancer patients with synchronous multiple ground-glass opacities, and the management of their residual lesions. Lung Cancer 2015; 88:174-80. [PMID: 25758554 DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2015.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2014] [Revised: 02/04/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We reviewed the medical record of a series of patients with synchronous multiple lung cancers (SMLC), in an attempt to identify the optimal treatment strategy for multiple ground-glass opacities (GGOs). MATERIALS AND METHODS From 2004 to 2010, 1223 patients underwent complete resection of non-small cell lung cancer. Among these, there were 67 patients (5.5%) with SMLC with at least 1 of the nodules showing GGO appearance. SMLC was divided into the main cancer (MC) which was a main target based on its tumor size or radiological invasiveness and sub-nodules. According to consolidation/tumor ratio (CTR) on thin-section computed tomography, 67 cases were classified into GG-group (MC showing GGO-dominant lesion; CTR≤0.5) and GS-group (MC showing solid-dominant lesion; CTR>0.5). RESULTS There were 24 patients in the GG-group (36%) and 43 patients in the GS-group (64%). Surgical resections included 11 sublobar resections (SLs), 32 lobectomies, 19 lobectomy+SLs, and 4 bilobectomies. There were 39 patients with a total of 118 unresected GGOs after the initial surgery. Among them, the frequency of growth was 8% on a per-nodule basis with the median tumor doubling time of 1373 days, and new GGOs emerged in 15 patients (23%). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that larger size of MC and the GS-group was associated with poor prognosis, whereas growth of the residual GGOs, the development of new GGOs, or whether or not all GGOs were treated did not affect survival. The 5-year OS proportions were 95.8% for the GG-group and 68.0% for the GS-group (p=0.009), and 92.4% for a MC of ≤25 mm and 53.6% for a MC of >25 mm (p=0.008). CONCLUSION Survival of patients with multifocal GGOs is strongly affected by radiological findings of the MC. Strict surgical control for MC could be most important.
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- Yoshihisa Shimada
- First Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Chest Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Takahashi Y, Horio H, Sakaguchi K, Hiramatsu K, Kawakita M. Significant correlation between urinary N(1), N(12)-diacetylspermine and tumor invasiveness in patients with clinical stage IA non-small cell lung cancer. BMC Cancer 2015; 15:65. [PMID: 25884987 PMCID: PMC4391126 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1068-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 02/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Background To select optimal candidates for limited lung resection, it is necessary to accurately differentiate the non-invasive tumors from other small-sized lung cancer. Urinary N1, N12-diacetylspermine (DiAcSpm) has been reported to be a useful tumor marker for various cancers. We aimed to examine the correlation between preoperative urinary DiAcSpm levels and specific clinicopathological characteristics such as the histological tumor invasiveness in patients with clinical stage IA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods We defined non-invasive tumors as NSCLC showing no vascular invasion, lymphatic permeation, pleural invasion, or lymph node metastasis. Preoperative urine samples were obtained from 516 consecutive patients with NSCLC resected at our institution between April 2008 and January 2013. Urinary DiAcSpm values were determined for all preoperative urine samples using the colloid gold aggregation procedure. Among these patients, 171 patients with clinical stage IA NSCLC met the criteria of our study cohort. Finally, we investigated the correlation between non-invasive tumor and urinary DiAcSpm levels. Results The median urine DiAcSpm for males was 147.2 nmol/g creatinine and 161.8 nmol/g creatinine in females. These median values were set as the cut-off values for each gender. Patients with higher urinary DiAcSpm levels frequently had significantly elevated serum CEA (p = 0.023) and greater lymph node metastasis (p = 0.048), lymphatic permeation (p = 0.046), and vascular invasion (p = 0.010). Compared with patients with non-invasive tumors, patients with invasive tumors had a tumor size >2.0 cm (p = 0.001), serum CEA >5.0 mg/dL (p < 0.001), high urinary DiAcSpm (p = 0.002), and a tumor disappearance rate (TDR) <0.75 (p < 0.001). Multivariate analysis revealed that a tumor size < 2.0 cm (RR = 2.901, 95% CI; 1.372-6.136, p = 0.005), high urinary DiAcSpm (RR = 3.374, 95% CI; 1.547-7.361, p = 0.002), and TDR < 0.75 (RR = 4.673, 95% CI; 2.178-10.027, p < 0.001) were independent predictors for invasive tumors. Conclusions We successfully showed that there was a significant correlation between urinary DiAcSpm levels and pathological tumor invasiveness in patients with clinical stage IA NSCLC. Further research would elucidate the clinical usefulness of DiAcSpm levels as a predictor of tumor invasiveness. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12885-015-1068-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Yusuke Takahashi
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Hon-komagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. .,Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Hon-komagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Hon-komagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. .,Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagano Prefectural Suzaka Hospital, 1332 Oaza-suzaka, Suzaka, Nagano, Japan.
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- Center for Medical Research Cooperation, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kami-kitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Center for Medical Research Cooperation, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kami-kitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Zhou JY, Zheng J, Yu ZF, Xiao WB, Zhao J, Sun K, Wang B, Chen X, Jiang LN, Ding W, Zhou JY. Comparative analysis of clinicoradiologic characteristics of lung adenocarcinomas with ALK rearrangements or EGFR mutations. Eur Radiol 2015; 25:1257-66. [PMID: 25577516 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3516-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Revised: 09/25/2014] [Accepted: 11/17/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the clinicoradiologic features of tumours with echinoderm anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangements, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations, or wild type (WT) for both genes in a cohort of patients with lung adenocarcinoma to identify useful characteristics of different gene statuses. METHODS In 346 lung adenocarcinoma patients, ALK rearrangements were confirmed with fluorescence in situ hybridisation, and EGFR mutations were determined by pyrosequencing assay. Patients were divided into three groups: ALK rearrangement (ALK+ group, n = 48), EGFR mutation (EGFR+ group, n = 166), and WT for both genes (WT group, n = 132). Chest computed tomography (CT) examinations were performed in all patients. The percentages of ground-glass opacity volume (pGGO) and tumour shadow disappearance rate (TDR) were measured using semi-automated nodule assessment software. RESULTS The pGGO was significantly lower in the ALK+ group (25.1 % ± 24.3) than in the EGFR+ group (37.2 % ± 25.7, p < 0.001) and the WT group (36.1 % ± 24.6, p = 0.001). The TDR in the ALK+ group (17.3 % ± 25.1) was significantly lower than in the EGFR+ group (26.8 % ± 24.9, p = 0.002) and the WT group (25.7 % ± 24.6, p = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS Solid pattern with lower incidence of lobulated border, finely spiculated margins, pleural retraction, and bubble-like lucency on CT imaging are the main characteristics of ALK rearrangement tumours. KEY POINTS • EGFR/ALK testing is recommended for lung adenocarcinoma patients for EGFR/ALK-targeted TKI therapy. • EGFR /ALK testing is restricted by limited tissue samples and cost pressures. • Lower pGGO and TDR are the main clinicoradiological characteristics of ALK+ tumours. • pGGO and TDR are predictive factors for selecting patients for ALK/EGFR testing.
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- J Y Zhou
- Department of Respiratory Disease, Thoracic Disease Center, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, No. 79, Qingchun Road, Xiacheng District, Hangzhou, China
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Detection and quantification of the solid component in pulmonary subsolid nodules by semiautomatic segmentation. Eur Radiol 2014; 25:488-96. [DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3427-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2014] [Revised: 08/30/2014] [Accepted: 09/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ko SJ, Lee YJ, Park JS, Cho YJ, Yoon HI, Chung JH, Kim TJ, Lee KW, Kim K, Jheon S, Kim H, Lee JH, Lee CT. Epidermal growth factor receptor mutations and anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangements in lung cancer with nodular ground-glass opacity. BMC Cancer 2014; 14:312. [PMID: 24885886 PMCID: PMC4022408 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 04/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Nodular ground-glass opacities (nGGO) are a specific type of lung adenocarcinoma. ALK rearrangements and driver mutations such as EGFR and K-ras are frequently found in all types of lung adenocarcinoma. EGFR mutations play a role in the early carcinogenesis of nGGOs, but the role of ALK rearrangement remains unknown. Methods We studied 217 nGGOs resected from 215 lung cancer patients. Pathology, tumor size, tumor disappearance rate, and the EGFR and ALK markers were analyzed. Results All but one of the resected nGGOs were adenocarcinomas. ALK rearrangements and EGFR mutations were found in 6 (2.8%) and 119 (54.8%) cases. The frequency of ALK rearrangement in nGGO was significantly lower than previously reported in adenocarcinoma. Advanced disease stage (p = 0.018) and larger tumor size (p = 0.037) were more frequent in the ALK rearrangement-positive group than in ALK rearrangement-negative patients. nGGOs with ALK rearrangements were associated with significantly higher pathologic stage and larger maximal and solid diameter in comparison to EGFR-mutated lesions. Conclusion ALK rearrangement is rare in lung cancer with nGGOs, but is associated with advanced stage and larger tumor size, suggesting its association with aggressive progression of lung adenocarcinoma. ALK rearrangement may not be important in early pathogenesis of nGGO.
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
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Shen WC, Liu JC, Shieh SH, Yang ST, Tseng GC, Hsu WH, Chen CY, Yu YH. Density features of screened lung tumors in low-dose computed tomography. Acad Radiol 2014; 21:41-51. [PMID: 24331263 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2013.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2013] [Revised: 09/25/2013] [Accepted: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES Using low-dose computed tomography (LDCT), small and heterogeneous lung tumors are detected in screening. The criteria for assessing detected tumors are crucial for determining follow-up or resection strategies. The purpose of this study was to investigate the capacity of density features in differentiating lung tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS From July 2008 to December 2011, 48 surgically confirmed tumors (29 malignancies, comprising 17 cases of adenocarcinoma and 12 cases of adenocarcinoma in situ [AdIs], and 19 benignancies, comprising 11 cases of atypical adenomatous hyperplasia [AAH] and eight cases of benign non-AAH) in 38 patients were retrospectively evaluated, indicating that the positive predictive value (PPV) of physicians is 60.4% (29/48). Three types of density features, tumor disappearance rate (TDR), mean, and entropy, were obtained from the CT values of detected tumors. RESULTS Entropy is capable of differentiating malignancy from benignancy but is limited in differentiating AdIs from benign non-AAH. The combination of entropy and TDR is effective for predicting malignancy with an accuracy of 87.5% (42/48) and a PPV of 89.7% (26/29), improving the PPV of physicians by 29.3%. The combination of entropy and mean adequately clarifies the four pathology groups with an accuracy of 72.9% (35/48). For tumors with a mean below -400 Hounsfield units, the criterion of an entropy larger than 5.4 might be appropriate for diagnosing malignancy. For others, the pathology is either benign non-AAH or adenocarcinoma; adenocarcinoma has a higher entropy than benign non-AAH, with the exception of tuberculoma. CONCLUSIONS Combining density features enables differentiating heterogeneous lung tumors in LDCT.
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Nitadori JI, Bograd AJ, Morales EA, Rizk NP, Dunphy MPS, Sima CS, Rusch VW, Adusumilli PS. Preoperative consolidation-to-tumor ratio and SUVmax stratify the risk of recurrence in patients undergoing limited resection for lung adenocarcinoma ≤2 cm. Ann Surg Oncol 2013; 20:4282-8. [PMID: 23955584 PMCID: PMC4373319 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-3212-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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PURPOSE Limited resection is an increasingly utilized option for treatment of clinical stage IA lung adenocarcinoma (ADC) ≤2 cm (T1aN0M0), yet there are no validated predictive factors for postoperative recurrence. We investigated the prognostic value of preoperative consolidation/tumor (C/T) ratio [on computed tomography (CT) scan] and maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) on (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (PET) scan. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 962 consecutive patients who underwent limited resection for lung cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering between 2000 and 2008. Patients with available CT and PET scans were included in the analysis. C/T ratio of 25 % (in accordance with the Japan Clinical Oncology Group 0201) and SUVmax of 2.2 (cohort median) were used as cutoffs. Cumulative incidence of recurrence (CIR) was assessed. RESULTS A total of 181 patients met the study inclusion criteria. Patients with a low C/T ratio (n = 15) had a significantly lower 5-year recurrence rate compared with patients with a high C/T ratio (n = 166) (5-year CIR, 0 vs. 33 %; p = 0.015), as did patients with low SUVmax (n = 86) compared with patients with high SUVmax (n = 95; 5-year CIR, 18 vs. 40 %; p = 0.002). Furthermore, within the high C/T ratio group, SUVmax further stratified risk of recurrence [5-year CIR, 22 % (low) vs. 40 % (high); p = 0.018]. CONCLUSIONS With the expected increase in diagnoses of small lung ADC as a result of more widespread use of CT screening, C/T ratio and SUVmax are widely available markers that can be used to stratify the risk of recurrence among cT1aN0M0 patients after limited resection.
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- Jun-Ichi Nitadori
- Division of Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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Miyata Y, Tsutani Y, Okada M. Use of high-resolution computed tomography and positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the management of stage IA adenocarcinoma. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013; 24:267-74. [PMID: 23465675 DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2012.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Preoperative determination of malignant behavior is critical in choosing suitable therapeutic strategies such as sublobar resection for patients with small lung cancers. The aim of present review was to evaluate high-resolution computed tomography and fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography as tools for management of clinical stage IA adenocarcinoma.
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- Yoshihiro Miyata
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
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Van Schil PE, Sihoe ADL, Travis WD. Pathologic classification of adenocarcinoma of lung. J Surg Oncol 2013; 108:320-6. [PMID: 24006216 DOI: 10.1002/jso.23397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2013] [Accepted: 07/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Recently, the 1999/2004 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of adenocarcinoma became less useful from a clinical standpoint as most adenocarcinomas belonged to the mixed subtype and the term bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) gave rise to much confusion among clinicians. For these reasons a new adenocarcinoma classification was introduced in 2011 by a joint working group of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), American Thoracic Society (ATS), and European Respiratory Society (ERS). This represents an international, multidisciplinary effort joining pathologists, molecular biologists, pulmonary physicians, thoracic oncologists, radiologists, and thoracic surgeons. Currently, a distinction is made between pre-invasive lesions, minimally invasive and invasive lesions. The confusing term BAC is not used anymore and new subcategories include adenocarcinoma in situ and minimally invasive adenocarcinoma. Several aspects of this classification are discussed with main emphasis on its correlation with imaging techniques and its impact on diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. On chest computed tomography (CT) a distinction is made between solid and subsolid nodules, the latter comprising ground glass opacities (GGO), and partly solid lesions. Several studies incorporating CT and positron emission tomographic (PET) data show a good imaging-pathologic correlation. With the implementation of screening programs early lung cancer has become a hotly debated topic and sublobar resection is currently reconsidered for early lesions without lymph node involvement. This new classification will also have an impact on the TNM classification. Thoracic surgeons will continue to play a major role in the application, evaluation and further refinement of this new adenocarcinoma classification.
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- Paul E Van Schil
- Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
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Arenas-Jiménez J. Measurement of Solid Component in Part-Solid Lesions with a Mediastinal Window Setting? Radiology 2013; 268:305-6. [DOI: 10.1148/radiol.13130209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Gould MK, Donington J, Lynch WR, Mazzone PJ, Midthun DE, Naidich DP, Wiener RS. Evaluation of individuals with pulmonary nodules: when is it lung cancer? Diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Chest 2013; 143:e93S-e120S. [PMID: 23649456 PMCID: PMC3749714 DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 915] [Impact Index Per Article: 83.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Accepted: 11/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The objective of this article is to update previous evidence-based recommendations for evaluation and management of individuals with solid pulmonary nodules and to generate new recommendations for those with nonsolid nodules. METHODS We updated prior literature reviews, synthesized evidence, and formulated recommendations by using the methods described in the "Methodology for Development of Guidelines for Lung Cancer" in the American College of Chest Physicians Lung Cancer Guidelines, 3rd ed. RESULTS We formulated recommendations for evaluating solid pulmonary nodules that measure > 8 mm in diameter, solid nodules that measure ≤ 8 mm in diameter, and subsolid nodules. The recommendations stress the value of assessing the probability of malignancy, the utility of imaging tests, the need to weigh the benefits and harms of different management strategies (nonsurgical biopsy, surgical resection, and surveillance with chest CT imaging), and the importance of eliciting patient preferences. CONCLUSIONS Individuals with pulmonary nodules should be evaluated and managed by estimating the probability of malignancy, performing imaging tests to better characterize the lesions, evaluating the risks associated with various management alternatives, and eliciting their preferences for management.
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- Michael K Gould
- Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA.
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- Department of Surgery, Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA; Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Hospital, Bedford, MA
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Wang J, Wang B, Zhao W, Guo Y, Chen H, Chu H, Liang X, Bi J. Clinical significance and role of lymphatic vessel invasion as a major prognostic implication in non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis. PLoS One 2012; 7:e52704. [PMID: 23285161 PMCID: PMC3527568 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2012] [Accepted: 11/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Lymphatic vessel invasion (LVI) exerts an important process in the progression and local spread of cancer cells. However, LVI as a prognostic factor for survival in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains controversial. Methodology/Principal Findings A meta-analysis of published studies from PubMed and EMBASE electronic databases was performed to quantity the effects of LVI on both relapse-free survival and overall survival for patients with NSCLC. Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were used to assess the strength of these effects. This meta-analysis included 18,442 NSCLC patients from 53 eligible studies. LVI appeared in 32.1% (median; range, 2.8% to 70.9%) of tumor samples. In all, patients with LVI were 2.48 times more likely to relapse by univariate analysis (95% CI: 1.92–3.22) and 1.73 times by multivariate analysis (95% CI: 1.24–2.41) compared with those without LVI. For the analyses of LVI and overall survival, the pooled HR estimate was 1.97 (95% CI: 1.75–2.21) by univariate analysis and 1.59 (95% CI: 1.41–1.79) by multivariate analysis. Multivariate analysis showed a risk was 91% higher for recurrence (HR = 1.91, 95% CI: 1.14–2.91) and 70% higher for mortality (HR = 1.70, 95% CI: 1.38–2.10) in LVI-positive I stage patients compared with LVI-negative I stage patients. Subgroup analyses showed similar significant adjusted risks for recurrence and death in adenocarcinomas, and a significant adjusted risk for death in studies that utilized elastic staining with or without immunohistochemistry in defining LVI. Conclusions/Significance The present study indicates that LVI appears to be an independent poor prognosticator in surgically managed NSCLC. NSCLC patients with LVI would require a more aggressive treatment strategy after surgery. However, large, well-designed prospective studies with clinically relevant modeling and standard methodology to assess LVI are required to address some of these important issues.
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- Jun Wang
- Department of Oncology, General Hospital, Jinan Command of the People's Liberation Army, Jinan, China.
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Matsunaga T, Suzuki K, Hattori A, Fukui M, Kitamura Y, Miyasaka Y, Takamochi K, Oh S. Lung cancer with scattered consolidation: detection of new independent radiological category of peripheral lung cancer on thin-section computed tomography. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2012; 16:445-9. [PMID: 23248167 DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Ground glass opacity (GGO) on thin-section computed tomography (CT) has been reported to be a favourable prognostic marker in lung cancer, and the size or area of GGO is commonly used for preoperative evaluation. However, it can sometimes be difficult to evaluate the status of GGO. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted on 572 consecutive patients with resected lung cancer of clinical stage IA between 2004 and 2011. All patients underwent preoperative CT and their radiological findings were reviewed. The areas of consolidation and GGO were evaluated for all lung cancers. Lung cancers were divided into three categories on the basis of the status of GGO: GGO, part solid and pure solid. Lung cancers in which it was difficult to measure GGO were selected and their clinicopathological features were investigated. RESULTS Seventy-one (12.4%) patients had lung cancer in whom it was difficult to measure GGO. In all these cases, consolidation and GGO were not easily measured because of their scattered distribution. In this cohort, nodal metastases were not observed at all. The frequency of other pathological factors, such as lymphatic and/or vascular invasion, was significantly lower (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS This new category of lung cancer with scattered consolidation on thin-section CT scan tended to be pathologically less invasive. When lung cancer has GGO and is difficult to measure because of a scattered distribution, its prognosis could be favourable regardless of the area of GGO. This new category could be useful for the preoperative evaluation of lung cancer.
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- Takeshi Matsunaga
- Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Shiono S, Abiko M, Sato T. Limited resection for clinical Stage IA non-small-cell lung cancers based on a standardized-uptake value index. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2012; 43:e7-e12. [DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Naidich DP, Bankier AA, MacMahon H, Schaefer-Prokop CM, Pistolesi M, Goo JM, Macchiarini P, Crapo JD, Herold CJ, Austin JH, Travis WD. Recommendations for the management of subsolid pulmonary nodules detected at CT: a statement from the Fleischner Society. Radiology 2012; 266:304-17. [PMID: 23070270 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12120628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 702] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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This report is to complement the original Fleischner Society recommendations for incidentally detected solid nodules by proposing a set of recommendations specifically aimed at subsolid nodules. The development of a standardized approach to the interpretation and management of subsolid nodules remains critically important given that peripheral adenocarcinomas represent the most common type of lung cancer, with evidence of increasing frequency. Following an initial consideration of appropriate terminology to describe subsolid nodules and a brief review of the new classification system for peripheral lung adenocarcinomas sponsored by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), American Thoracic Society (ATS), and European Respiratory Society (ERS), six specific recommendations were made, three with regard to solitary subsolid nodules and three with regard to multiple subsolid nodules. Each recommendation is followed first by the rationales underlying the recommendation and then by specific pertinent remarks. Finally, issues for which future research is needed are discussed. The recommendations are the result of careful review of the literature now available regarding subsolid nodules. Given the complexity of these lesions, the current recommendations are more varied than the original Fleischner Society guidelines for solid nodules. It cannot be overemphasized that these guidelines must be interpreted in light of an individual's clinical history. Given the frequency with which subsolid nodules are encountered in daily clinical practice, and notwithstanding continuing controversy on many of these issues, it is anticipated that further refinements and modifications to these recommendations will be forthcoming as information continues to emerge from ongoing research.
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- David P Naidich
- Department of Radiology, New York University Medical Center, 560 First Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Fukui T, Yatabe Y, Kobayashi Y, Tomizawa K, Ito S, Hatooka S, Matsuo K, Mitsudomi T. Clinicoradiologic characteristics of patients with lung adenocarcinoma harboring EML4-ALK fusion oncogene. Lung Cancer 2012; 77:319-25. [PMID: 22483782 DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2012.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2012] [Revised: 03/05/2012] [Accepted: 03/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The fusion oncogene of echinoderm microtubule-associated protein like 4 (EML4) and anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) defines a new molecular subset of non-small-cell lung cancer. We explored the EML4-ALK gene in a relatively large cohort and reviewed the clinicoradiologic background of the patients. METHODS We studied 720 patients with lung adenocarcinoma. The clinicopathological characteristics of each patient were compared among the subgroups stratified by the EML4-ALK gene status. For radiographic evaluation, we scored the proportion of the ground-glass opacity (GGO) component and calculated the tumor disappearance rate (TDR) in each tumor in the cohort of 168 patients that were extracted by using a case-matching procedure. RESULTS Twenty-eight (3.9%) patients harbored the EML4-ALK gene. Younger age (p=0.001), no or light history of smoking (p=0.05) and normal serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level (p=0.04) were characteristics of the patients with EML4-ALK. No significant difference was observed for overall and disease free survival between the two groups. All but one tumor in the EML4-ALK-positive group exhibited no GGO, whereas half of the tumors (69/140 patients) in the EML4-ALK-negative group exhibited some GGO (p=0.0004). The mean TDRs were 0.33 and 0.54, respectively, which was significantly lower in the positive group (p=0.0006). CONCLUSIONS We identified younger age, no or light history of smoking, and normal serum CEA as clinical features of patients with EML4-ALK-positive lung adenocarcinoma. In addition, EML4-ALK-positive tumors exhibited a solid pattern on CT. These features may be of value in predicting for patient selection for ALK inhibition therapy in the absence of genetic screening.
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- Takayuki Fukui
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
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The detection of ground-glass opacity (GGO) is increasingly common. Sufficient data have been accumulated to formulate recommendations for observation, intervention, and treatment modalities. However, an understanding of many nuances and uncertainties in the available data is needed to avoid making management errors. This article discusses the range of possible entities, risk factors and characteristics that help make a presumptive clinical diagnosis, how often and for how long these should be followed when and how a biopsy should be done, how these lesions should be treated, and how multifocal GGOs should be approached.
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- Frank C Detterbeck
- Yale Thoracic Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, 330 Cedar Street, PO Box 208062, New Haven, CT 06520-8062, USA.
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Shimada Y, Yoshida J, Hishida T, Nishimura M, Ishii G, Nagai K. Predictive factors of pathologically proven noninvasive tumor characteristics in T1aN0M0 peripheral non-small cell lung cancer. Chest 2011; 141:1003-1009. [PMID: 21852293 DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-0017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We retrospectively analyzed preoperative factors that may predict pathologically invasive tumor characteristics, including lymph node involvement, and pleural and vessel invasion in patients with cT1aN0M0 peripheral non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in an attempt to identify candidates for pulmonary resection less than lobectomy. METHODS We reviewed the charts of 363 patients in whom cT1aN0M0 lung cancer in the lung periphery had been diagnosed or was suspected, based on high-resolution CT scan of 1- or 2-mm-slice intervals, within 1 month of surgical resection, and examined the relationships between preoperative clinical information and pathologic invasive tumor characteristics, corresponding to lymph node involvement and pleural and vessel invasion. RESULTS Multivariate analysis showed that a tumor disappearance ratio (TDR) < 0.5, the presence of spiculation, and an absence of air bronchograms were statistically significant independent predictors of pathologic invasiveness. Most TDR ≥ 0.5 tumors were noninvasive (98.7%), and only one patient had a recurrence within 5 years after surgical resection. Of the tumors with a TDR ≥ 0.5 without spiculation, 98.3% were noninvasive, and all those patients remained recurrence-free for 5 years after surgery. CONCLUSION The combination of a TDR ≥ 0.5 and the absence of spiculation was highly predictive of noninvasive or minimally invasive NSCLC. Future studies should evaluate whether limited resection of these tumors provides acceptable outcomes.
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- Yoshihisa Shimada
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Pathology Division, Research Center for Innovative Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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A prospective radiological study of thin-section computed tomography to predict pathological noninvasiveness in peripheral clinical IA lung cancer (Japan Clinical Oncology Group 0201). J Thorac Oncol 2011; 6:751-6. [PMID: 21325976 DOI: 10.1097/jto.0b013e31821038ab] [Citation(s) in RCA: 456] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Pathological noninvasiveness needs to be precisely predicted in preoperative radiological examinations of patients with early lung cancer for the application of limited surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with clinical T1N0M0 peripheral lung cancer were recruited. Radiological findings of the main tumor were evaluated as to ground-glass opacity with thin-section computed tomography. The primary end point was specificity, i.e., the proportion of patients with radiologically diagnosed invasive lung cancer to patients with pathologically diagnosed invasive lung cancer. The precision-based planned sample size was 450. We expected that the lower limit of the 95% confidence interval (CI) for specificity should be satisfied in ≥97% of patients. RESULTS We enrolled 811 patients from 31 institutions between December 2002 and May 2004. The primary end point was evaluated in 545 patients. The specificity and sensitivity for the diagnosis of pathologically diagnosed invasive cancer were 96.4% (161/167, 95% CI: 92.3-98.7%) and 30.4% (115/378, 95% CI: 25.8-35.3%), respectively, i.e., a negative result. Nevertheless, the specificity for lung adenocarcinoma ≤2.0 cm with ≤0.25 consolidation to the maximum tumor diameter was 98.7% (95% CI: 93.2-100.0%), and this criterion could be used to radiologically define early adenocarcinoma of the lung. CONCLUSIONS Although our predetermined criterion for specificity was not statistically confirmed, radiological diagnosis of noninvasive lung cancer with a thin-section computed tomography scan corresponded well with pathological invasiveness. Radiological noninvasive peripheral lung adenocarcinoma could be defined as an adenocarcinoma ≤2.0 cm with ≤0.25 consolidation.
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Bhure UN, Lardinois D, Kalff V, Hany TF, Soltermann A, Seifert B, Steinert HC. Accuracy of CT parameters for assessment of tumour size and aggressiveness in lung adenocarcinoma with bronchoalveolar elements. Br J Radiol 2011; 83:841-9. [PMID: 20846983 DOI: 10.1259/bjr/13711326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Accurate determination of tumour size in lung adenocarcinoma with bronchoalveolar features (BAC) is important for the determination of TNM (tumour, nodes, metastasis) scores used in staging, prognosis and therapy response assessment. However, tumour sizes derived using lung window (LW) CT or soft-tissue/mediastinal window (MW) CT often give different results. This study examines which measurement correlates best with actual tumour size and which best identifies advanced disease. This retrospective study included 43 BAC patients who underwent surgical resection with mediastinal lymphadenectomy <4 weeks post CT scan. The largest unidimensional tumour diameter on each CT window was compared with actual histopathological tumour size (HP). LW, MW and HP size measurements and a recently described CT parameter - the modified tumour shadow disappearance rate (mTDR) = (1 - [MW/LW]) - were then used to determine which parameter best discriminated between the presence or absence of advanced disease. There was no difference between HP and LW sizes, but MW significantly underestimated HP size (p<0.0001). Unlike MW (p = 0.01) and mTDR (p = 0.001), neither HP (p = 0.14) nor LW (p = 0.10) distinguished between patients with or without advanced disease. On receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis at a cut-off of ≤0.13, the sensitivity and specificity of mTDR for detecting advanced disease were 69% and 89%, respectively. In patients with tumours ≤3 cm, only mTDR remained a significant predictor of advanced disease (p = 0.017), with best cut-off at ≤0.20, giving a sensitivity and specificity of 71% and 94%, respectively. MW better predicts advanced disease than LW and might also need to be recorded for RECIST (response evaluation criteria in solid tumours) assessment for T staging of BAC; however, mTDR appears to be an even better predictor and should also be used.
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- U N Bhure
- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical Radiology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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Yanagawa M, Tanaka Y, Kusumoto M, Watanabe S, Tsuchiya R, Honda O, Sumikawa H, Inoue A, Inoue M, Okumura M, Tomiyama N, Johkoh T. Automated assessment of malignant degree of small peripheral adenocarcinomas using volumetric CT data: Correlation with pathologic prognostic factors. Lung Cancer 2010; 70:286-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2010.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2009] [Revised: 03/12/2010] [Accepted: 03/19/2010] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Goudarzi B, Jacene HA, Wahl RL. Diagnosis and Differentiation of Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma from Adenocarcinoma with Bronchioloalveolar Components with Metabolic and Anatomic Characteristics Using PET/CT. J Nucl Med 2008; 49:1585-92. [DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.052712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Performance Evaluation of 4 Measuring Methods of Ground-Glass Opacities for Predicting the 5-Year Relapse-Free Survival of Patients With Peripheral Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2008; 32:792-8. [DOI: 10.1097/rct.0b013e31815688ae] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Sumikawa H, Johkoh T, Nagareda T, Sekiguchi J, Matsuo K, Fujita Y, Natsag J, Inoue A, Mihara N, Honda O, Tomiyama N, Minami M, Okumura M, Nakamura H. Pulmonary adenocarcinomas with ground-glass attenuation on thin-section CT: Quantification by three-dimensional image analyzing method. Eur J Radiol 2008; 65:104-11. [PMID: 17466475 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2006] [Accepted: 03/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate software designed to calculate whole tumor volumes and the ratio of the solid component to whole volume (%solid) in pulmonary nodules with ground-glass opacity in three dimensions. METHODS The study included 49 patients with histologically diagnosed adenocarcinomas smaller than 2 cm in diameter. The %solid was calculated both automatically using new software, and by manual measurement of the following four parameters by two observers: the ratio of the largest diameter (a) and the area (b) at the mediastinal window to those at the lung window, and the ratio of the largest diameter (c) and the area (d) of the solid component to those of the ground-glass component at the lung window. Agreement of intra- and inter-observer data by both Spearman's rank correlation test and Bland-Altman's method, and a comparison by Spearman's rank correlation test of the %solid in both Noguchi sub-classifications and vessel invasion in histologic specimens, between the software and manual methods, were assessed. RESULTS Of the 49 nodules, 48 were successfully measured and assessed. The agreement of the observers with the software was better (Bland-Altman's method; mean difference, -0.3%; 95% limits of agreement, -3.1 to 2.5%) than with the manual measurements (a: 5.3%, -17.6 to 28.3%; b: 8.3%, -10.6 to 26.9%; c: 10.7%, -17.6 to 39%; d: 6.4%, -22 to 34.8%). The correlation between %solid and the histological group was worse with the software (Spearman's rank correlation test; r=0.487, p<0.001) than with the manual method (a, r=0.534; b, r=0.557; c, r=0.552; d, r=0.545). CONCLUSION Although the software requires improvement in the calculation of %solid with volumetric analysis, this is a reproducible and promising quantitative method for determining the grades of malignancy of small lung cancers.
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- Hiromitsu Sumikawa
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0825, Japan.
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Hashizume T, Yamada K, Okamoto N, Saito H, Oshita F, Kato Y, Ito H, Nakayama H, Kameda Y, Noda K. Prognostic significance of thin-section CT scan findings in small-sized lung adenocarcinoma. Chest 2007; 133:441-7. [PMID: 18071015 DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prognostic importance of thin-section (TS) CT scan findings in small-sized lung adenocarcinomas. PATIENTS AND METHODS We reviewed TS-CT scan findings and pathologic specimens from 359 consecutive patients who underwent surgical resection for peripheral lung adenocarcinomas <or= 20 mm in diameter during the period from July 1997 to May 2006. By using TS-CT scan images, tumors were defined as air-containing types if the maximum diameter of tumor opacity on mediastinal window images was less than or equal to half of that seen on lung window images, and as a solid-density type if the maximum diameter on the mediastinal window images was more than half of that on lung window images. We compared TS-CT scan findings to pathologic findings (ie, lymph node metastasis, pleural invasion, vessel invasion, and lymphatic invasion) and prognosis. The following prognostic factors were analyzed by chi2 test and Cox proportional hazard model: age; gender; tumor size; pathologic stage; TS-CT scan findings; histologic subtypes defined by Noguchi et al (ie, Noguchi type); pleural involvement; lymphatic invasion; and vascular invasion. RESULTS No pathologic invasive findings or recurrence were found in patients with air-containing-type tumors. Pathologic invasive findings and recurrence were found in 10 to 30% of patients with solid-density-type tumors. The air-containing type tumors seen on TS-CT scans and Noguchi type A or B tumors were demonstrated as prognostic factors for good outcome by chi2 test (p < 0.001). Multivariate analyses revealed lymphatic permeation as a significant prognostic factor. CONCLUSION The TS-CT scan findings were important predictive factors for postsurgical outcome in patients with lung adenocarcinoma.
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- Toshihiko Hashizume
- Yamato City Hospital, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fukami-nishi 8-3-6, Yamato-city, Kanagawa, 242-8602 Japan.
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Okada M, Tauchi S, Iwanaga K, Mimura T, Kitamura Y, Watanabe H, Adachi S, Sakuma T, Ohbayashi C. Associations among bronchioloalveolar carcinoma components, positron emission tomographic and computed tomographic findings, and malignant behavior in small lung adenocarcinomas. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007; 133:1448-54. [PMID: 17532938 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2006] [Revised: 02/02/2007] [Accepted: 02/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aggressiveness of small adenocarcinomas has not been fully evaluated using integrated positron emission tomography/computed tomography. We investigated malignant aggressiveness according to positron emission tomography/computed tomography, high-resolution computed tomographic findings, and the proportions of pathologically defined bronchioloalveolar carcinomas in cT1N0M0 lung adenocarcinoma. METHODS Sixty consecutive patients with cT1N0M0 lung adenocarcinomas of 3 cm or less in diameter underwent fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomograph/computed tomography, and high-resolution computed tomography, followed by complete tumor resection. Correlations between the proportion of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma and maximum standardized uptake value on positron emission tomographic scan/computed tomographic scan, ground-glass opacity, and tumor shadow disappearance rate were investigated and the findings were compared with clinicopathologic features. RESULTS Lymphatic and vascular invasion occurred in 18 (30%) and 13 (22%) patients, respectively, whereas hilar or mediastinal lymph nodes occurred in 8 patients (13%). Maximum standardized uptake value generally seemed the most valuable predictor of lymphatic invasion, vascular invasion, and nodal metastasis compared with ground-glass opacity, tumor shadow disappearance rate, and bronchioloalveolar carcinoma ratios. Although the association was significant between the bronchioloalveolar carcinoma ratio versus maximum standardized uptake value, ground-glass opacity ratio, and tumor shadow disappearance rate (all P < .0001), maximum standardized uptake value (R2 = 0.245) was less correlated with the bronchioloalveolar carcinoma ratio than was the ground-glass opacity ratio (R2 = 0.554) and tumor shadow disappearance rate (R2 = 0.671). CONCLUSIONS The malignant behavior of small adenocarcinomas with a lower maximum standardized uptake value and a greater proportion of ground-glass opacity, tumor shadow disappearance rate, and bronchioloalveolar carcinoma was less aggressive. Maximum standardized uptake value was a more powerful clinical predictor of biologic tumor performance, independent of pathologic bronchioloalveolar carcinoma proportion. Preoperative assessment of maximum standardized uptake value on positron emission tomographic/computed tomographic findings, in addition to the ground-glass opacity ratio and tumor shadow disappearance rate on high-resolution computed tomographic scans, might be useful to guide treatment strategies for small adenocarcinomas.
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- Morihito Okada
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi City, Hyogo, Japan.
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Ide K, Mogami H, Murakami T, Yasuhara Y, Miyagawa M, Mochizuki T. Detection of lung cancer using single-exposure dual-energy subtraction chest radiography. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 25:195-201. [PMID: 17581707 DOI: 10.1007/s11604-007-0123-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2006] [Accepted: 01/25/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the detectability of lung cancer by chest radiography with a single-exposure dual-energy subtraction (ES) method. MATERIALS AND METHODS Five radiologists read two sets of chest radiographs from 77 patients (66.5 +/- 9.6 years old) with histologically proven lung cancer measuring <or=3.0 cm and those from 77 normal subjects (65.7 +/- 9.0 years old). The observer tests were performed in two sessions: standard computed radiography (CR) images only and a combination of CR and ES images. Receiver-operating characteristic analysis was used for statistical analysis. All tumors were classified into three groups according to the appearance on thin-section CT: (1) nonsolid: tumor shadow disappearance rate (TDR) was 100%; (2) partly solid: TDR was >or=50 but <100%; (3) solid: TDR was <50%. RESULTS Overall, detectability with the ES method was significantly better than that without ES (mean Az value increased from 0.7673 to 0.8265, P < 0.05). In the subgroup analysis of the nonsolid group and the solid group detectability did not change using the ES method, whereas in the partly solid group detectability with the ES method was significantly better than that without ES (mean Az value increased from 0.7162 to 0.8209, P < 0.005). CONCLUSION The ES method improves the detectability of lung cancer by chest radiography, especially of the partly solid group.
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- Kana Ide
- Department of Radiology, Shikoku Cancer Center, Ehime University Postgraduate School of Medicine, 454 Shitsukawa, Toon, 791-0295, Japan.
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Okada M, Sakamoto T, Yuki T, Mimura T, Miyoshi K, Tsubota N. Hybrid surgical approach of video-assisted minithoracotomy for lung cancer: significance of direct visualization on quality of surgery. Chest 2005; 128:2696-701. [PMID: 16236944 DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.4.2696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Controversy regarding the most suitable surgical approach for treating malignancies of the lung is a matter of continuous discussions. "Complete" video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) that is performed using only the vision of a monitor is generally limited to lung resections of minimal difficulty. With the great interest in minimally invasive techniques for treating various pathologies, we have widely applied an integrated surgical approach that combines muscle-sparing minithoracotomy (incision, 4 to 10 cm) and video assistance using mainly direct visualization of the lung resection, which we have called hybrid VATS. The aim of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of hybrid VATS. DESIGN Retrospective single-center study. INTERVENTIONS From January 1998 to October 2004, 405 of 678 lobectomies (60%) and 165 of 226 segmentectomies (73%) were performed for primary lung cancer using hybrid VATS. RESULTS Bronchoplasty was performed in 93 of the 678 patients (14%) who underwent lobectomy and in 11 of the 226 patients (5%) who underwent segmentectomy. Hybrid VATS was utilized in 33% of sleeve lobectomy procedures and in 27% of sleeve segmentectomy procedures. The mean (+/- SD) surgical time using hybrid VATS was 164 +/- 48 min for lobectomy and 158 +/- 35 min for segmentectomy, and the mean blood loss was 166 +/- 120 and 109 +/- 80 mL, respectively. There was one operative mortality (0.2%) secondary to cardiogenic shock. Postoperative complications developed in 11% of patients with p-stage IA disease after undergoing hybrid VATS, in contrast to 19% of patients after undergoing open thoracotomy. The prognosis of patients treated by hybrid VATS was equivalent to that obtained with open thoracotomy. CONCLUSIONS Minithoracotomy combined with video support that is performed predominantly via direct visualization is a secure, integrated, minimally invasive approach to performing major resection for lung cancer, including atypical procedures such as bronchoplasty. This hybrid VATS can be an acceptable and satisfactory option whenever the performance of complete VATS is considered to be challenging.
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- Morihito Okada
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Kitaohji-cho13-70, Akashi City 673-8558, Hyogo, Japan.
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Okada M, Nishio W, Sakamoto T, Uchino K, Yuki T, Nakagawa A, Tsubota N. Sleeve segmentectomy for non–small cell lung carcinoma. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004; 128:420-4. [PMID: 15354102 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although sleeve segmentectomy for centrally located lung cancers was originally designed for patients unable to tolerate lobectomy, we have tried it in patients with noncompromised function as well. We evaluated the efficiency of this atypical type of bronchoplasty. METHODS Of 202 patients for whom we performed bronchoplasty for primary non-small cell lung carcinoma, 16 underwent sleeve segmentectomy. RESULTS Sixteen patients were classified into 4 groups according to the mode of bronchial reconstruction: type A, anastomosis between the right intermediate or left main and basal segmental bronchi with removal of the superior segment of the lower lobe (S6; n = 7); type B, anastomosis between the left main and lingular bronchi with removal of the upper division of the left upper lobe (S1+2+3; n = 3); type C, anastomosis between the left main and upper division bronchi with removal of the lingular segments (S4+5; n = 4); and type D, others (n = 2). Nine patients had pulmonary function sufficient to tolerate lobectomy. The tumors were completely resected in all patients. Combined performance of pulmonary angioplasty was carried out in 2 patients. Bronchial reconstruction was successful in all patients, with neither bronchial complications nor local recurrences. Ten patients had stage IA disease, and 6 had more advanced disease. All patients were alive, except 1 who died as a result of distant metastasis and 2 who died of noncancerous causes. Overall 3-year and 5-year survivals were 93.3% and 68.1%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Sleeve segmentectomy, which is technically demanding, should be considered in patients with centrally located and possibly curable early non-small cell lung cancer because the prevalence of small-sized or multiple lung tumors has been increasing and because our findings suggest that this lung-saving operation is safe and useful.
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- Morihito Okada
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi City, Hyogo, Japan.
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