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What guides your general approach to small lung nodules? A. Institutional guidelines B. National / Society guidelines C. Individualized approach D. Some combination of above mall Lung Nodules: What do They Really Do? ATS 2015, Seattle WA

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What guides your general approach to small lung

nodules?A. Institutional guidelinesB. National / Society

guidelinesC. Individualized approachD. Some combination of

above

Small Lung Nodules: What do They Really Do?AATS 2015, Seattle WA

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What are acceptable approaches to small lung nodules for your patients?

A. Surgery onlyB. Surgery, SBRTC. Surgery, SBRT, RFAD. Surgery, SBRT, RFA,

and/or cryoablation

Small Lung Nodules: What do They Really Do?AATS 2015, Seattle WA

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Small lung nodule case#1

• 79 yoF, former smoker• 1.9cm subsolid RUL nodule; no PET• nodule enlarging x 9 months• Open to clinical trial enrollment• FEV1 1.8L, DLCO 72% predicted

Small Lung Nodules: What do They Really Do?AATS 2015, Seattle WA

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Small lung nodule case#1A. Observe, F/U CT scan

B. Image guided biopsyC. Sublobar resectionD. Completion lobectomy

(if Cancer)E. Clinical trial enrollment

(eg. CALGB 140503, others)

Small Lung Nodules: What do They Really Do?AATS 2015, Seattle WA

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Small lung nodule case#2

• 46 yoM, healthy, prior smoker• Nodule found ~1 year ago on

coronary screening CT scan• ~5mm then, now 9mm• No uptake on PET• FEV1 3.5L

Small Lung Nodules: What do They Really Do?AATS 2015, Seattle WA

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Small lung nodule case#2

A. Observe, F/U CT scanB. Image guided biopsyC. Sublobar resectionD. Completion lobectomy

(if Cancer)

Small Lung Nodules: What do They Really Do?AATS 2015, Seattle WA

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Small lung nodule case#3

• 55 yoM, long time smoker, now quit

• Bad emphysema• FEV1 1.1L, DLCO 42% predicted• RUL nodule 1.1 cm enlarging x 6

months• SUVmax 3.4

Small Lung Nodules: What do They Really Do?AATS 2015, Seattle WA

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Small lung nodule case#3

A. Observe, F/U CT scanB. Image guided biopsyC. Sublobar resectionD. Completion lobectomy

(if Cancer)

Small Lung Nodules: What do They Really Do?AATS 2015, Seattle WA

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Small lung nodule case#4

• Healthy 64 yoM, long time smoker, now quit

• 1.4cm RUL nodule; SUVmax 4.6• nodule enlarging x 6 months• Says no to clinical trial• FEV1 2.4L, DLCO 59% predicted

Small Lung Nodules: What do They Really Do?AATS 2015, Seattle WA

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Small lung nodule case#4

A. Observe, F/U CT scanB. Image guided biopsyC. Sublobar resectionD. Completion lobectomy

(if Cancer)

Small Lung Nodules: What do They Really Do?AATS 2015, Seattle WA