Clinical characteristics of miliary pulmonary metastases in non‐small cell lung cancer

Autor: Hanmil Choi, Yunjoo Im, Byeong‐Ho Jeong, Kyungjong Lee, Hojoong Kim, Sang‐Won Um
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Thoracic Cancer, Vol 14, Iss 22, Pp 2168-2176 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1759-7714
1759-7706
DOI: 10.1111/1759-7714.15003
Popis: Abstract Background The prognosis of miliary pulmonary metastases (MPM), which are characterized as randomly disseminated, innumerable, and small metastatic nodules, has been considered as being poor. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and survival of MPM in patients with non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods This retrospective study included NSCLC patients with MPM and nonmiliary pulmonary metastases (NMPM) detected during staging evaluation between 2000 and 2020. MPM was defined as >50 bilaterally distributed metastatic pulmonary nodules (
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