Estimation of lung cancer risk using homology-based emphysema quantification in patients with lung nodules.

The purpose of this study was to assess whether homology-based emphysema quantification (HEQ) is significantly associated with lung cancer risk. This retrospective study was approved by our institutional review board. We included 576 patients with lung nodules (317 men and 259 women; age, 66.8 ± 12....

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Main Authors: Mizuho Nishio, Takeshi Kubo, Kaori Togashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210720

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