Prediction of visceral pleural invasion in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer by T2WI

This study investigated the clinical value of MRI T2WI for VPI in early-stage NSCLC. Four MRI signs of VPI in lung cancer were summarized by MR T2WI of patients with early-stage NSCLC suspected of VPI. Among them, category 3 signs and category 4 signs had higher positive predictive values. This indicates that T2WI is useful in the prediction of VPI in early-stage NSCLC.