The ratio of the maximum high attenuation area dimension to the maximum tumor dimension may be an index of the presence of lymph node metastasis in lung adenocarcinomas 3 cm or smaller on high-resolution computed tomography

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-33

  Nishio, Ryota ^a   Akata, Soichi ^a   Saito, Kazuhiro ^a   Ohira, Tatsuo ^a   Tsuboi, Masahiro ^a   Hirano, Takashi ^a   Ikeda, Norihiko ^a   Kotake, Fumio ^a   Kato, Harubumi ^a   Abe, Kimihiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Ground glass attenuation; High resolution computed tomography; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CANCER PATIENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME; ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249668496     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01243894-200701000-00007     Document Type: Article

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