Minimally Invasive Approach to Early, Peripheral Adenocarcinoma with Ground-Glass Opacity Appearance

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Asamura, Hisao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38349135141     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.104     Document Type: Article

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