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Possible delayed cut-end recurrence after limited resection for ground-glass opacity adenocarcinoma, intraoperatively diagnosed as Noguchi type B, in three patients.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 Apr 2010
Yoshida Junji, Ishii Genichiro, Yokose Tomoyuki, Aokage Keiju, Hishida Tomoyuki, Nishimura Mitsuyo, Onuki Takuya, Noguchi Masayuki, Nagai Kanji
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: In our limited resection trial of pulmonary peripheral ground-glass opacity (GGO) lesions from 1998 to 2002, limited resection of Noguchi type A and B carcinomas seemed to have a positive outcome. However, recently three of the 24 patients, with mixed GGO lesions intraoperatively diagnosed as type B, developed a solid lesion at the cut-end scar. METHODS: Medical records and radiology and pathology...
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