Predicting malignant potential of solitary pulmonary nodules in patients with COVID-19 infection: a comprehensive analysis of CT imaging and tumor markers
Combining CT with testing for CEA, CA125, and NSE levels offers high diagnostic accuracy and sensitivity, enables precise differentiation between benign and malignant nodules, particularly in the context of COVID-19, thereby reducing the risk of unnecessary surgical interventions.
Authors
- Pan Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7859-8319)
- Yonggao Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6027-4650)
- Huijuan Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9646-7331)
- Yihe Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5289-8391)
- Ping Hou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1518-571X)
- Jianbo Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9769-1335)
Institutions
- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09952-3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.42