• Bayesian analysis can help characterise solitary pulmonary nodules • Volume doubling time (VDT) is a good predictor of malignancy • A VDT of between 25 and 400 days is highly suggestive of malignancy • Nodule size, enhancement, morphology and VDT are the best predictors of malignancy.
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