Lung cancer with localized ground-glass attenuation represents early-stage adenocarcinoma in nonsmokers

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 483-490

  Seki, Nobuhiko ^a   Sawada, Shigeki ^b   Nakata, Masao ^c   Inoue, Takeshi ^b   Nishimura, Rieko ^b   Segawa, Yoshihiko ^b   Shibakuki, Reishi ^d   Eguchi, Kenji ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma; Localized ground glass attenuation; Lung cancer; Nonsmoker; Thin section computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 43049136901     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31816a4994     Document Type: Article

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