Improvement in Stage of Lung Cancer Diagnosis With Incidental Pulmonary Nodules Followed With a Patient Tracking System and Computerized Registry

Improvement in Stage of Lung Cancer Diagnosis With Incidental Pulmonary Nodules Followed With a Patient Tracking System and Computerized Registry

Introduction: Given that an incidental pulmonary nodule (IPN) on chest computed tomography (CT) may represent nascent lung cancer, timely follow-up imaging is critical to assess nodule growth and the need for tissue sampling. We previously reported our institution’s systematic process to identify an...

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Main Authors: Laurie L. Carr, MD, Debra S. Dyer, MD, Pearlanne T. Zelarney, MS, Elizabeth O. Kern, MD, MS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-03-01
Series:JTO Clinical and Research Reports
Subjects:
Incidental pulmonary nodules
Lung cancer screening
Lung nodule follow-up
Lung nodule registry and tracking
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666364322000212

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