Ground-glass opacity lesions on computed tomography during postoperative surveillance for primary non-small cell lung cancer

Lung Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-60

  Haro, Akira ^a   Yano, Tokujiro ^a   Kohno, Mikihiro ^a   Yoshida, Tsukihisa ^a   Okamoto, Tatsuro ^a   Maehara, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma; Ground glass opacity; High resolution computed tomography; Non small cell lung cancer; Postoperative follow up; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT; TIME; VITREOUS OPACITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858003365     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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