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Sep 29, 2024 | redjournal.org | Outcomes Research |Nagoya City |Imaging Clinic

IntroductionLung cancer has been the leading cause of death among all types of cancers since 1998, with 126,548 people having received diagnoses of lung cancer in 2019 in Japan.11. Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, The number of lung cancer patients. National Cancer Center, Japan. Accessed May 10, 2024. https://ganjoho.jp/reg_stat/statistics/stat/cancer/12_lung.html Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for 90% of all the whole lung cancer cases in Japan.22.

Sep 29, 2024 | redjournal.org | Ataru Igarashi |Outcomes Research |Nagoya City |Imaging Clinic

Introduction Lung cancer has been the leading cause of death among all types of cancers since 1998, with 126,548 people having received diagnoses of lung cancer in 2019 in Japan.1 Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for 90% of all the whole lung cancer cases in Japan.2 According to recent clinical practice guidelines published by the Japan Lung Cancer Society in 2023, surgery is recommended as the first choice for medically operable patients with stage I NSCLC,3 with stereotactic body...