Missed Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: Radiographic Findings of Potentially Resectable Lesions Evident Only in Retrospect

Abstract

Potentially resectable NSCLC lesions missed at chest radiography were characterized by predominantly peripheral (85%) and upper lobe (72%) locations and by apical and posterior segmental/subsegmental locations in an upper lobe (60%). Distribution by sex of the missed cancers was comparable to national data for NSCLC. The missed cancers had a median diameter of 1.9 cm.