Pathology and prognosis of persistent stable pure ground-glass opacity nodules after surgical resection

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1190-1195

  Cho, Sukki ^a   Yang, Heechul ^b   Kim, Kwhanmien ^b   Jheon, Sanghoon ^b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PURE GROUND GLASS OPACITY NODULE; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX EXAMINATION; TUMOR GROWTH; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; WEDGE RESECTION;

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ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84885323089     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.062     Document Type: Article

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