Resection of pulmonary metastases: A growth industry

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-124

  Treasure, Tom ^a   Internullo, E ^b   Utley, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Metastasectomy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASECTOMY; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; METASTASIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SAFETY; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; LUNG TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44249100885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2008.0017     Document Type: Review

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