Xie HJ, et al. - Researchers investigated the predictive value of tumor volume (TV) vs diameter for the prognosis of patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after complete resection. The clinicopathologic features of 274 patients with early-stage NSCLC with pretreatment computed tomography (CT) scans and complete resection were retrospectively reviewed. Three groups of patients were formed using 3.046 cm³ and 8.078 cm³ as optimal cutoff values of TV. The multivariable analysis revealed a significant correlation of a greater TV with poor DFS and OS. The results show a better predictive value of TV vs greatest tumor diameter for the prognosis of patients with early-stage NSCLC.