Possible overdiagnosis of early-stage lung adenocarcinoma among never-smokers in Taiwan

Szu-Chun Yang; Wu-Wei Lai; Tzu-I Wu; Jung-Der Wang

doi:10.1183/23120541.00824-2023

Possible overdiagnosis of early-stage lung adenocarcinoma among never-smokers in Taiwan

ERJ Open Res. 2024 Mar 4;10(2):00824-2023. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00824-2023. eCollection 2024 Mar.

Authors

Szu-Chun Yang¹, Wu-Wei Lai², Tzu-I Wu³, Jung-Der Wang^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
² Department of Surgery, An Nan Hospital, China Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan.
³ Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.

Abstract

10-year survival for never-smokers with >1 cm but ≤3 cm AIS/BAC/MIA was not inferior to that of the matched referents, pointing to possible overdiagnosis. Clinicians might consider adhering to Lung-RADS and watchful waiting for these non-solid nodules. https://bit.ly/41U6kxs.