Efficacy of thoracoscopic resection for multifocal bronchioloalveolar carcinoma showing pure ground-glass opacities of 20 mm or less in diameter

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 877-882

  Mun, Mingyon ^a   Kohno, Tadasu ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELAYED PULMONARY FISTULA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUND GLASS OPACITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548841411     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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