Prognostic significance of preoperative consolidation to maximum tumour diameter ratio and SUVmax in pathological stage I lung adenocarcinoma.

In pathological stage 1 lung adenocarcinomas, SUVmax and surgery type are important predictors for recurrence rates. For early stage, adenocarcinoma patients with high SUVmax value, tumour size ≥3 cm and high grade subtype, C/T ratio should not be considered significant alone on survival and recurrence.