The frequency and significance of radiologically detected indeterminate pulmonary nodules in patients with colorectal cancer

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 457-461

  Varol, Yelda ^a   Varol, Umut ^b,c   Karaca, Burcak ^b   Karabulut, Bulent ^b   Sezgin, Canfeza ^b   Uslu, Ruchan ^b  

^a Department of Chest Diseases   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Prognosis; Pulmonary nodules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864984009     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337426     Document Type: Review

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