Artificial intelligence analysis of three-dimensional imaging data derives factors associated with postoperative recurrence in patients with radiologically solid-predominant small-sized lung cancers.
Yujin KudoYoshihisa ShimadaJun MatsubayashiYoshiro KitamuraYojiro MakinoSachio MaeharaMasaru HagiwaraJinho ParkTakafumi YamadaSusumu TakeuchiMasatoshi KakihanaToshitaka NagaoTatsuo OhiraJun MasumotoNorihiko IkedaPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2022)
High AI-SV, high SUVmax and abnormal carcinoembryonic antigen level were unfavourable prognostic factors of patients with solid-predominant lung adenocarcinoma with a radiological size ≤2 cm. Our results suggest that lobectomy should be preferred to segmentectomy for patients with these prognostic factors.