Subcentimeter lung nodules stable for 2 years at LDCT: Long-term follow-up using volumetry

Respirology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 921-928

  Shin, Kyung Eun ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^a   Yi, Chin A ^a   Chung, Myung Jin ^a   Shin, Myung Hee ^a   Choi, Yoon Ho ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Center for Health Promotion Samsung Medical Center   (Australia)

Author keywords

ground glass opacity nodule; low dose computed tomography; lung cancer screening; solid nodule; subcentimeter nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUND GLASS OPACITY NODULE; HUMAN; LOW DOSE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLID NODULE; SUBCENTIMETER LUNG NODULE; VOLUMETRY; ADENOCARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TIME; TUMOR VOLUME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84904571084     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/resp.12337     Document Type: Article

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