Emma O'Dowd, Marko Berovic, Matthew Callister, Christos V Chalitsios, Disha Chopra, Indrajeet Das, Adrian Draper, Justin L Garner, Fergus Gleeson, Sam Janes, Martyn Kennedy, Richard Lee, Fabrizio Mauri, Tricia M McKeever, William McNulty, James Murray, Arjun Nair, John Park, Janette Rawlinson, Gurdeep Singh Sagoo, Andrew Scarsbrook, Pallav Shah, Rajini Sudhir, Ambika Talwar, Ricky Thakrar, Johnathan Watkins, David R Baldwin
INTRODUCTION: In a small percentage of patients, pulmonary nodules found on CT scans are early lung cancers. Lung cancer detected at an early stage has a much better prognosis. The British Thoracic Society guideline on managing pulmonary nodules recommends using multivariable malignancy risk prediction models to assist in management. While these guidelines seem to be effective in clinical practice, recent data suggest that artificial intelligence (AI)-based malignant-nodule prediction solutions might outperform existing models...
January 4, 2024: BMJ Open