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Volume 133, Issue 6 , Pages 1448-1454 , June 2007

Associations among bronchioloalveolar carcinoma components, positron emission tomographic and computed tomographic findings, and malignant behavior in small lung adenocarcinomas

Morihito Okada, MD, PhD
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi City, Hyogo, Japan
- Address for reprints: Morihito Okada, MD, PhD, Department of Surgical Oncology, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi Minami-Ku, Hiroshima City 734-8551, Japan.
Shunsuke Tauchi, MD
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi City, Hyogo, Japan
Koichiro Iwanaga, MD
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi City, Hyogo, Japan
Takeshi Mimura, MD
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi City, Hyogo, Japan
Yoshitaka Kitamura, MD
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi City, Hyogo, Japan
Hirokazu Watanabe, MD, PhD
- Department of Radiology, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi City, Hyogo, Japan
Shuji Adachi, MD, PhD
- Department of Radiology, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi City, Hyogo, Japan
Toshiko Sakuma, MD, PhD
- Department of Pathology, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi City, Hyogo, Japan.
Chiho Ohbayashi, MD, PhD
- Department of Pathology, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi City, Hyogo, Japan.

Received 12 December 2006 ,Revised 2 February 2007 ,Accepted 19 February 2007.

Regression parameters of radiographic findings and pathologic results in cT1N0M0 adenocarcinomas. A, Correlation between maximum SUV on FDG-PET/CT and pathologic BAC ratio (R² = 0.245, P < .0001). B,

Regression parameters of radiographic findings and pathologic results in cT1N0M0 adenocarcinomas. A, Correlation between maximum SUV on FDG-PET/CT and pathologic BAC ratio (R² = 0.245, P < .0001). B, Correlation between GGO ratio on HR-CT and pathologic BAC ratio (R² = 0.554, P < .0001). C, Correlation between TDR on HR-CT and pathologic BAC ratio (R² = 0.671, P < .0001).
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Relationship between tumor size and maximum SUV level in cT1N0M0 adenocarcinomas. Squares, Nodal metastasis; triangles, no nodal metastasis but lymphatic or vascular invasion; circles, no findings of

Relationship between tumor size and maximum SUV level in cT1N0M0 adenocarcinomas. Squares, Nodal metastasis; triangles, no nodal metastasis but lymphatic or vascular invasion; circles, no findings of nodal metastasis, lymphatic and vascular invasion.
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