The Correlation between Radiologic Findings and Clinicopathological Prognostic Factors in Small Peripheral Adenocarcinoma of Lung / 대한흉부외과학회지
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
;
: 423-431, 2004.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-227169
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Tumor size in lung cancer is not as good a prognostic factor for adenocarcinoma as it is for other types of lung cancer; therefore it is difficult to estimate the prognosis preoperatively. However, there have recently been some reports on the radiologic findings correlating to the clinicopathologic prognostic factors in peripheral small adenocarcinoma of lung. We tried to evaluate the prognostic importance of High-Resolution CT (HRCT) findings of such adenocarcinoma. MATERIAL ANDMETHOD:
One houndred and seventy-six surgically resected small peripheral adenocarcinoma measuring 3 cm or less in greatest dimension were reviewed radiologically and clinicopathologically.RESULT:
The patients with greater extent of ground-glass attenuation (GGA) had better clinicopathological factors. The tumors with gross appearance of GGA or bubble-like shape showed better clinicopathological prognostic factors than scar-like or solid shape.CONCLUSION:
HRCT findings of small peripheral adenocarcinomas of the lung correlated well with the histologic and clinical prognostic factors. We can predict the post- operative prognosis with the radiologic findings.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Prognosis
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Adenocarcinoma
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Lung
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Lung Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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