Spontaneous regression of primary lung cancer arising from an emphysematous bulla

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 577-579

  Furukawa, Masashi ^a   Oto, Takahiro ^a   Yamane, Masaomi ^a   Toyooka, Shinichi ^a   Kiura, Katsuyuki ^a   Miyoshi, Shinichiro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bulla; Lung cancer; PET CT; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLISTER; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BLISTER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84255205441     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.cr.10.01638     Document Type: Article

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