Table 3. Description of 15 cases of primary lung cancer confirmed after positive screening.
Sex, Age (years) | Lung-RADS | Histology | TNM | Staging | Treatment |
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Positive screening (first round) | |||||
Female, 59 | 4X | Adenocarcinoma | cT3 cN3 M1c | IVB | Chemotherapy |
Female, 72 | 4A | Adenocarcinoma | pT1pN0M0 | IA | Surgery |
Female, 64 | 4A | Adenocarcinoma | pT1cN0M0 | IA3 | Surgery |
Male, 63 | 4X | Adenocarcinoma | cT1b cN0 M0 | IA2 | Radiotherapy, curative intent (VMAT) |
Female, 58a | 4A | Adenocarcinoma | T1aN2M1c | IVB | Palliative radiotherapy |
Female, 78 | 4B | Adenocarcinoma | cT1b cN0 M0 | IA2 | Surgery |
Female, 61 | 4X | Small cell carcinoma | - | Extensive disease | ? (oncology evaluation outside the screening center) |
Female, 74 | 4B | Poorly differentiated carcinoma (probable squamous cell carcinoma) | cT3 CN3 M1b | IVA | Chemotherapy + targeted therapy (research protocol) |
Female, 63 | 4B | Adenocarcinoma | pT3pN0M0 | IIB | Surgery |
Male, 77 | 4B | Adenocarcinoma | cT2aN0M0 | IB | Initially refused treatment. Subsequent treatment outside the center. |
Female, 55 | 4B | Adenocarcinoma | pT2aN0M0 | IB | Surgery |
Positive screening (second round) | |||||
Male, 71 | 4B | Adenocarcinoma | pT1b pN0 M0 | IA2 | Surgery |
Female, 55b | 4X | Adenocarcinoma | T3N3M1a | IVA | ? (oncology evaluation outside the screening center) |
Male, 60 | 4A | Adenocarcinoma | pT2apN0M0 | IB | Surgery |
Female, 56 | 4B | Adenocarcinoma | T2 cN2 M1c | IV | Chemotherapy |
Lung-RADS: Lung CT Screening Reporting and Data System score; and VMAT: volumetric modulated arc therapy. aDiagnosis/staging delayed for 13 months. bDelay between control CT and further investigation (suggestion, 6 months; completion, 22 months). Note: One case of breast cancer metastasis was not included in this analysis.