A decrease in the size of ground glass nodules may indicate the optimal timing for curative surgery

Lung Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 213-217

  Kaneda, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Nakano, Takahito ^a,b   Taniguchi, Yohei ^a,b   Saito, Tomohito ^a,b   Konobu, Toshifumi ^a,b   Saito, Yukihito ^a,b  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Computed tomography; Curative surgery; Ground glass nodules; Non small cell lung cancer; Optimal timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUND GLASS NODULE; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SOLID TUMOR; TIME TO TREATMENT; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; DISEASE COURSE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84904099709     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2014.05.015     Document Type: Article

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