Management of ground-glass opacity lesions detected in patients with otherwise operable non-small cell lung cancer

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1242-1246

  Kim, Hong Kwan ^a   Choi, Yong Soo ^a   Kim, Kwhanmien ^a   Shim, Young Mog ^a   Jeong, Sun Young ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^a   Kwon, O Jung ^a   Kim, Jhingook ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ground glass opacity; Non small cell lung cancer; Pathologic diagnoses.; Radiologic features

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUND GLASS OPACITY LESION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG LESION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349660166     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181b3fee3     Document Type: Article

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