Receiver operating characteristic curves and univariate analysis revealed that patients who were older than 57 years or had a pure solid nodule or a tumour with mixed ground-glass opacity (mGGO), a tumour >11 mm, a serum CEA level >2.12 ng/mL, or a serum miR-183 level >1.233 (2−ΔΔCt) were more likely to be diagnosed with IAC than with AIS or MIA. The gene discussed is CEACAM5; the disease is neoplasm.