National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® radiologic management of thoracic nodules and masses.

National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® radiologic management of thoracic nodules and masses.

American College of Radiology

• ACR Appropriateness Criteria® radiologic management of thoracic nodules and masses. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Guideline Title

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® radiologic management of thoracic nodules and masses.

Bibliographic Source(s)

English BS, Ray CE Jr, Chang JY, Crabtree TD, Gaba RC, Gipson MG, Iannettoni MD, Kouri BE, Marshalleck FE, Mohammed TL, Pinchot JW, Saleh AG, Willers H, Hohenwalter EJ, Expert Panel on Interventional Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® radiologic management of thoracic nodules and masses. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2015. 14 p. [64 references]

Guideline Status

This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Ray CE Jr, English B, Funaki BS, Burke CT, Fidelman N, Ginsburg ME, Kinney TB, Kostelic JK, Kouri BE, Lorenz JM, Nair AV, Nemcek AA Jr, Owens CA, Saleh AG, Vatakencherry G, Mohammed TH, Expert Panel on Interventional Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® radiologic management of thoracic nodules and masses. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2011. 7 p. [39 references]

This guideline meets NGC's 2013 (revised) inclusion criteria.