Computerized tomographic nodule heterogeneity: Present and future impact on indications for sublobar resections

Clinical Lung Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-27

  Pass, Harvey I ^a   Altorki, Nasser K ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground glass opacity; Screening segmentectomy; Wedge resection

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METASTASIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 4444227240     PISSN: 15257304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CLC.2004.n.017     Document Type: Review

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