Fate of Newly Detected Lesions During Postoperative Surveillance for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

In patients with newly detected lesions on follow-up chest CT after resection of NSCLC, special attention should be paid to lesions with the following characteristics: extrathoracic lesions, solid lung nodules, and lung lesions in patients with stage III disease. It is necessary to investigate these lesions more aggressively because they suggest the presence of recurrent disease.