Prediction of lung tumor palpability using high-resolution computed tomography

Conclusions Tumor size in bone window level setting or a consolidation tumor size ≤5 mm and pleural-tumor distance ≥ 5 mm are simple criteria that are potentially useful indicators for preoperative marking to locate small-sized lepidic-predominant adenocarcinomas with few fibrotic foci.

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Source: Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals - December 10, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Isaka, T., Ito, H., Yokose, T., Kondo, T., Nagata, M., Nishii, T., Yamada, K., Nakayama, H., Masuda, M. Tags: Thoracic Source Type: research