Lung Cancer
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 67-73 , January 2007

Clinical significance of a solitary ground-glass opacity (GGO) lesion of the lung detected by chest CT

  • Jin-Young Oh

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute of Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Republic of Korea
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  • Sung-Youn Kwon

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute of Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Department of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam 463-707, Republic of Korea
    • Respiratory Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam 463-707, Republic of Korea
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  • Ho-Il Yoon

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute of Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Department of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam 463-707, Republic of Korea
    • Respiratory Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam 463-707, Republic of Korea
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  • Sang Min Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute of Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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  • Jae-Joon Yim

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute of Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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  • Jae-Ho Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute of Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Department of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam 463-707, Republic of Korea
    • Respiratory Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam 463-707, Republic of Korea
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  • Chul-Gyu Yoo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute of Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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  • Young Whan Kim

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute of Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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  • Sung Koo Han

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute of Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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  • Young-Soo Shim

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute of Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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  • Tae Jung Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam 463-707, Republic of Korea
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  • Kyung Won Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam 463-707, Republic of Korea
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  • Jin-Haeng Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam 463-707, Republic of Korea
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  • Sang Hoon Jheon

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam 463-707, Republic of Korea
    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam 463-707, Republic of Korea
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  • Sook Whan Sung

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam 463-707, Republic of Korea
    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam 463-707, Republic of Korea
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  • Choon-Taek Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute of Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Department of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam 463-707, Republic of Korea
    • Respiratory Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam 463-707, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam 463-707, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 31 787 7002; fax: +82 31 787 4052.

Received 23 June 2006 ,Revised 11 September 2006 ,Accepted 18 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2006.09.009

Lung Cancer
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 67-73 , January 2007

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