Pulmonary adenocarcinomas appearing as part-solid ground-glass nodules: Is measuring solid component size a better prognostic indicator?

European Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 558-567

  Hwang, Eui Jin ^a   Park, Chang Min ^a,b   Ryu, Youngjin ^a   Lee, Sang Min ^a   Kim, Young Tae ^a,b   Kim, Young Whan ^a   Goo, Jin Mo ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lung adenocarcinoma; Neoplasm staging; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PART SOLID GROUND GLASS NODULE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; SOUTH KOREA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84921938157     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3441-1     Document Type: Article

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