Preoperative consolidation-to-tumor ratio is effective in the prediction of lymph node metastasis in patients with pulmonary ground-glass component nodules.
Yi-Chung ChenYi-Han LinHung-Che ChienPo-Kuei HsuJung-Jyh HungChien-Sheng HuangChih-Cheng HsiehWen-Hu HsuHan-Shui HsuPublished in: Thoracic cancer (2021)
The present study revealed that CTR was not inferior to main tumor SUVmax considering the predictive power for lymphatic metastasis preoperatively in lung cancer patients with a GGO component. PET/CT might not be necessary preoperatively in selected patients.