Variable radiological lung nodule evaluation leads to divergent management recommendations

Nair, Arjun; Bartlett, Emily; Walsh, Simon; Wells, Athol; Navani, Neal; Hardavella, Georgia; Bhalla, Sanjeev; Calandriello, Lucio; Devaraj, Anand; Goo, Jin; Klein, Jeffrey; MacMahon, Heber; Schaefer-Prokop, C.; Seo, Joon-Beom; Sverzellati, Nicola; Desai, Sujal; Ahlfors, Fredrik; Bastos, Andrea; Behr, Julien; Benes, Jiri; Bozovic, Gracijela; Buzan, Maria; Castaner, Eva; Chaves, Marcelo; Choi, Yo; Dalpiaz, Giorgia; David, Sarojini; De Jong, Pim; Dournes, Gad; Eberhard, Matthias; Escuissato, Dante; Farchione, Alessandra; Flors, Lucia; Franchi, Paola; Frauenfelder, Thomas; Fujimoto, Kiminori; Gatti, Marco; Gavelli, Giampaolo; Grgic, Aleksandar; Haine, Louise; Haramati, Linda; Iiartman, Thomas; Hartmann, Ieneke; Hering, Jan; Herpels, Vincent; Herraez, Inmaculada; Hobbs, Susan; Hochhegger, Bruno; Hursoy, NUR; Ip, Joana; Iyengar, Srikanth; Arenas Jimenez, Juan; Johnson, Katharine; Kanne, Jeffrey; Kapur, Sangita; Karaman, Can; Karl, Robert; Kirova, Galina; Ko, Jane; Kramer, Gerdien; Kul, Melahat; Larici, Anna; Lee, Youkyung; Leifels, Leonard; Ley, Sebastian; Machnicki, Stephen; Maidas, Panagiotis; Mak, Sze; Mariani, Francesca; Meirelles, Gustavo; Hoesein, Firdaus; Montet, Xavier; Murchison, John; Nath, Hrudaya; Nenkina, Tatyana; Nganga, Edward; Thi Dan Linh Nguyen-Kim, Thi; Niemann, Tilo; Munoz Nunez, Carlos; Occhipiniti, Mariaelena; Oikonomou, Anastasia; Ozawa, Yoshiyuki; Pandher, Tej; Parkar, Anagha; Piciucchi, Sara; Pinheiro, Diogo; Poerio, Antonio; Polverosi, Roberta; Pope, Kristen; Prosch, Helmut; Pulzato, Ilaria; Rampinelli, Cristiano; Rodrigues, Jonathan; Romanos, Odyssefs; Romei, Chiara; Roos, Justus; Rossi, Santiago; Ruhtsov, Roman; Ruggirello, Margherita; Sanchez, Marcelo; Santos, Marcel; Schubert, Michael; Senbanjo, Taiwo; Silva, Claudio; Silva, Mario; Snoeckx, Annemie; Sonavane, Sushilkumar; Sriharan, Mona; Stefanidis, Konstantinos; Taydas, Onur; Tomiyama, Noriyuki; Sa Tran, Sa; Villanueva, Alberto; Williams, Michelle

doi:10.1183/13993003.01359-2018

Variable radiological lung nodule evaluation leads to divergent management recommendations

Nair A., Bartlett E. C. , Walsh S. L. F. , Wells A. U. , Navani N., Hardavella G., ...More

EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, vol.52, no.6, 2018 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 52 Issue: 6
Publication Date: 2018
Doi Number: 10.1183/13993003.01359-2018
Title of Journal : EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Abstract

Radiological evaluation of incidentally detected lung nodules on computed tomography (CT) influences management. We assessed international radiological variation in 1) pulmonary nodule characterisation; 2) hypothetical guideline-derived management; and 3) radiologists' management recommendations.