Indeterminate pulmonary nodules and prior malignancy: survival and recurrence after surgery in newly diagnosed stage I non-small cell lung cancer.
José FrancoGenaro GalánElvira BondíaIrene PastorAndrea CalderónAmelia InsaMiguel Á MolláPaloma Martín-MartorellJuan Antonio Carbonell-AsinsJaime Signes-CostaPublished in: Journal of thoracic disease (2024)
The rate of benign resections among indeterminate pulmonary nodules in the no-previous cancer group more than doubled that of the previous cancer group and, in newly diagnosed stage I NSCLC patients, recurrence was independently associated with prior cancer. Therefore, in this setting, a history of previous malignancy should be taken into consideration when identifying patients at risk of tumor recurrence.