Should preoperative chest CT be recommended to all colon cancer patients?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 323-328

  Kim, Hye Young ^a   Lee, Soon Jin ^a   Lee, Gilsun ^a   Song, Limwha ^a   Kim, Su A ^a   Kim, Jin Yong ^a   Chang, Dong Kyung ^a   Rhee, Poong Lyul ^a   Kim, Jae J ^a   Rhee, Jong Chul ^a   Chun, Ho Kyung ^a   Kim, Young Ho ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

chest computed tomography; colon cancer; pulmonary metastasis

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHEST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LESION; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS RESECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892925076     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182865080     Document Type: Article

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