We read the article “Long-term follow-up of ground-glass nodules after 5 years of
stability” that was recently published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology. Lee et al.
demonstrated that 13% of the included ground-glass nodules (GGN) showed growth after
5 years of stability in low-risk subjects during the natural course of GGN over 10
years [
[1]
]. In addition, bubble lucency, a history of cancer other than lung cancer and development
of a new solid component were potential risk factors for predicting small GGN growth.
This study demonstrated that small GGNs still have potential tendency to grow over
10 years, even after 5 years of stability. However, how to determine optimal surgical
timing is difficult for these small GGNs with slow-growing behaviour in clinical practice.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Publication history
Published online: March 20, 2020
Accepted:
February 25,
2020
Received:
January 27,
2020
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© 2020 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
