Minor (≤ 10%) Ground-Glass Opacity Component in Clinical Stage I Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: Associations With Pathologic Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes
Meiling Li, Jingyi Wang, Xiao Bao, Fang Wang, Fei Zhou, Nan Song, Ziwei Wan, Wěi Li, Lei Zhang
Abstract
Background: The presence of a ground-glass opacity (GGO) component is a favorable prognostic factor in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), although the prognostic impact of a very small GGO component remains poorly investigated.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineGround-glass opacityStage (stratigraphy)Lung cancerOpacityPathologyCancerInternal medicineAdenocarcinomaOpticsPaleontologyPhysicsBiologyLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisMedical Imaging and Pathology Studies