Abstract:Objective To investigate the clinical significance of Myrian post-processing system in the diagnosis of early-stage lung cancer in the elderly. Methods A total of 57 patients with complete data were retrospectively analyzed, who underwent surgery for pulmonary nodules in the Department of Thoracic Surgery of Cangzhou People′s Hospital of Hebei Province from November 2016 to November 2017. Preoperatively, all the patients underwent 64-slice spiral CT, and the nodules were evaluated and determined as malignant or benign by the physician. The imaging parameters were entered into Myrian system for 3D reconstruction, and the nodules were reevaluated accordingly by the physician. At the same time, the risk of early-stage lung cancer was obtained using built-in formula of Myrian system. Postoperatively, using pathological results as gold standard, Myrian system was evaluated in terms of sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value. SPSS statistics 20.0 was used for data analysis. Chi-square test or Fisher exact probability test was performed for comparison between groups. Based on the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, cut-off value of Myrian system was determined for the risk assessment of early-stage lung cancer. Results Myrian system had a significantly higher detection rate than 64-slice spiral CT [71.93%(41/57) vs 52.63%(30/57),P=0.03]. The Myrian system showed a sensitivity of 85.42%(41/48), a specificity of 66.67%(6/9), a positive predictive value of 93.18%(41/44), and a negative predictive value of 46.15%(6/13) in the diagnosis of early-stage lung cancer in the elderly. The ROC curve indicated that cut-off value of risk in Myrian system was 26%, and that the area under the curve was 0.750 (95%CI 0.612-0.888, P<0.05). Conclusion Myrian post-processing system has diagnostic value for early-stage lung cancer in the elderly Chinese population, providing basis for clinical decisions in pulmonary nodules.