Indeterminate pulmonary nodules at colorectal cancer staging: A systematic review of predictive parameters for malignancy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4022-4030

  Nordholm Carstensen, Andreas ^a   Wille Jørgensen, Peer A ^a   Jorgensen, Lars N ^a   Harling, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG LESION; LUNG NODULE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84886092771     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-3062-y     Document Type: Article

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