A prediction model to evaluate the pretest risk of malignancy in solitary pulmonary nodules: evidence from a large Chinese southwestern population

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and there have been clinical prediction models. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of published models and create new models to evaluate the probability of malignant solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) in Chinese population. We consecutively enrolled 2061 patients with SPNs from West China Hospital between January 2008 and December 2016, each SPN was pathologically confirmed....