Long term follow-up for small pure ground-glass nodules: Implications of determining an optimum follow-up period and high-resolution CT findings to predict the growth of nodules

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 206-217

  Takahashi, Shotaro ^a   Ueda, Kazuhiro ^a   Kido, Shoji ^a   Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^a   Matsumoto, Tsuneo ^b   Matsunaga, Naofumi ^a   Okimoto, Tomoaki ^a   Ashizawa, Kazuto ^c   Tanaka, Toshiki ^a   Kunihiro, Yoshie ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL SANYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchiolo alveolar adenocarcinoma; Computed tomography; Follow up studies; Ground glass opacity; Pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUND GLASS NODULE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863213396     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-011-0033-8     Document Type: Article

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