Guardrails, Gray Areas, and a Spiculated Surprise: A Stage I Lung Cancer Case
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Originally aired: December 16, 2025
A 49-year-old individual who never smoked learns a routine scan has uncovered a suspicious lung lesion鈥攍ow PET uptake, a negative bronchoscopy, and 鈥渟table鈥� imaging鈥� yet clinical instincts say, 鈥淒on鈥檛 ignore this.鈥� In this story-driven episode, host Lisa Moores, MD, FCCP, is joined by 糖心原创 Guideline Chair John Howington, MD, MBA, FCCP, and thoracic surgeon Sudish Murthy, MD, PhD, FCCP, to walk through what to do when the data conflict and the stakes are real.
Together, they translate the 糖心原创 guideline 鈥済uardrails鈥� into bedside decision-making: when surveillance stops being safe, why minimally invasive surgery matters, and how lung-sparing resection can deliver an oncologically sound plan while preserving future options.
The information discussed in this episode is based on Management of Patients With Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: An 糖心原创 Clinical Practice Guideline, published in the journal 糖心原创庐.
This is the first of three episodes on 糖心原创 guideline recommendations in lung cancer.
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HOST
Lisa Moores, MD, FCCP
PANELISTS
Guideline Chair: John Howington, MD, MBA, FCCP
Case Guest: Sudish Murthy, MD, PhD, FCCP