Incidence and Resource Burden for the Management of CT-detected Ground-Glass Opacities at a Tertiary Lung Cancer Service in the United Kingdom
The rising incidence of GGOs presents a growing resource burden, with repeated MDT discussions, imaging, and interventions. Revised guidelines with improved risk stratification models are essential to optimize management, reduce unnecessary follow-up, and improve resource utilization in lung cancer services.
Authors
- Vinci Naruka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9222-2684)
- Paulo De Sousa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3011-4116)
- Jessica Wallen
- Sarah Booth
- Laura Tincknell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8549-4828)
- Catherine Docherty
- Anant Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4189-6865)
- Abdullah Alshammari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4889-2605)
- Eric Lim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9078-3226)
- Chiara Proli
- Asonitis Athanasios
- M. Ashraf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2802-0218)
Institutions
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Royal Brompton Hospital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf223
- Primary Topic
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00