The incidence of pulmonary neoplasms discovered by serial computed tomography scanning after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 738-741

  Harthun, Nancy L ^a   Lau, Christine L ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG LESION; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BIOPSY; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRGINIA;

EID: 79951850638     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.09.066     Document Type: Article

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