Follow-up of small (4 mm or Less) incidentally detected nodules by computed tomography in oncology patients: A retrospective review

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1958-1962

  Munden, Reginald F ^a,b   Erasmus, Jeremy J ^a   Wahba, Hisham ^a   Fineberg, Naomi S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

CT nodules; Incidental nodules; Small lung nodules

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MELANOMA; MESOTHELIOMA; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OSTEOSARCOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PAROTID GLAND CANCER; PENIS CANCER; PERITONEUM CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP ADENOCARCINOMA; SCALP TUMOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CANCER; SMALL LUNG NODULE; TESTIS CANCER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; THYROID CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 78650509735     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181f2636e     Document Type: Article

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