Interstitial lung abnormalities in patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer are associated with shorter overall survival: the Boston lung cancer study.
Tomoyuki HidaAkinori HataJunwei LuVladimir I ValtchinovTakuya HinoMizuki NishinoHiroshi HondaNoriyuki TomiyamaDavid C ChristianiHiroto HatabuPublished in: Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society (2021)
ILA was detected on CT in 9.5% of patients with stage I NSCLC. The presence of ILA was significantly associated with a shorter OS and could be an imaging marker of shorter survival in stage I NSCLC.