Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma in small pulmonary nodules: Clinical relevance

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-127

  Altorki, Nasser K ^a   Yankelevitz, David F ^a   Vazquez, Madeline F ^a   Kramer, Arin ^a   Henschke, Claudia I ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

BAC; CT screening; GGO

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG NODULE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOCARCINOMA, BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREVALENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23744483355     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2005.04.002     Document Type: Review

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