Factors distinguishing invasive from pre-invasive adenocarcinoma presenting as pure ground glass pulmonary nodules

Abstract Background To investigate predictors of pathological invasiveness and prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma in patients with pure ground-glass nodules (pGGNs). Methods Clinical and computed tomography (CT) features of invasive adenocarcinomas (IACs) and pre-IACs were retrospectively compared in...

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Main Authors: Huan-Huan Yang, Yi-Lv Lv, Xing-Hai Fan, Zhi-Yong Ai, Xiu-Chun Xu, Bo Ye, Ding-Zhong Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-020-01628-x