Research progress in the preoperative evaluation methods of visceral pleuralinvasion
The mortality rate of lung cancer has ranked first in the world for malignant tumors.As one of the independent risk factors for the poor prognosis in patients with early-stage lung cancer,visceral pleural invasion(VPI)is closely related to the occurrence of pleural effusion in lung cancer patients,and is an important factor in predicting recurrence and metastasis after surgery.Preoperative assessment of the patients'presence of VPI is critical to the development of surgical regimen and the choice of postoperative adjuvant therapy.Although CT remains the most commonly used method for preoperative evaluation of the presence of VPI in lung cancer patients,it has significant limitations.In recent years,with the advancement of science and technology,many new methods for evaluating VPI have been applied clinically to improve the accuracy of evaluation.This study reviews the research progress of preoperative evaluation methods for VPI in patients with early-stage lung cancer.
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