Malignant pure pulmonary ground-glass opacity nodules: Prognostic implications

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-20

  Jong, Heon Park ^a   Kyung, Soo Lee ^a   Ji, Hye Kim ^a   Young, Mog Shim ^a   Kim, Jhingook ^a   Yong, Soo Choi ^a   Yi, Chin A ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma; Ground glass opacity; Lung neoplasms, CT; Lung neoplasms, therapy

Indexed keywords

ERLOTINIB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUND GLASS OPACITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; PROGNOSIS; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349116230     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2009.10.1.12     Document Type: Article

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