Surgical resection of highly suspicious pulmonary nodules without a tissue diagnosis

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1017-1022

  Heo, Eun Young ^a   Lee, Kyung Won ^a   Jheon, Sanghoon ^b   Lee, Jae Ho ^b   Lee, Choon Taek ^b   Yoon, Ho Il ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Ground glass opacity; Malignancy; Pulmonary nodule; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79961087760     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyr073     Document Type: Article

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