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British Thoracic Society guidelines for the investigation and management of pulmonary nodules

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Thorax

Source URL: http://thorax.bmj.com/content/70/Suppl_2/ii1?etoc

Author(s)

M E J Callister, D R Baldwin, A R Akram, S Barnard, P Cane, J Draffan, K Franks, F Gleeson, R Graham, P Malhotra, M Prokop, K Rodger, M Subesinghe, D Waller, I Woolhouse, British Thoracic Society Pulmonary Nodule Guideline Development Group

The British Thoracic Society developed guidelines for evaluation and management of solitary pulmonary nodules based on a literature review and expert opinion. New features include the use of a malignancy risk algorithm, use of a higher threshold for follow-up (5mm), and a reduction in the follow-up interval to 1 year for solid nodules. Management of part solid nodules is assigned a separate algorithm.