RETRACTED: Adenocarcinoma of the lung with scattered consolidation: Radiological–pathological correlation and prognosis

Impact of smoking on outcome of resected lung adenocarcinoma

“…These results also show the strong relationship between smoking and these factors. Despite our result of multivariate analysis, previous studies [18][19][20] showed the prognostic significances of serum CEA level, lepidic histologic subtype and GGO. Therefore, there is a possibility that the clinical significance of these factors might be different between ever smokers and never smokers.…”

“…Although it is well accepted that serum CEA level, lepidic histologic subtype and GGO are prognostic factors in lung adenocarcinoma [18][19][20], we failed to find the prognostic significance of these factors in multivariate analysis. It could be suggested that the prognostic significance of these factors might be offset under the influence of smoking.…”

“…Since the smoking rate is several-fold different between men and women, the variables affected by smoking may show a seeming gender difference. Smoking is also associated with high serum CEA level, non-lepidic dominant histology and non-GGO, which are thought to have much more aggressive biologic features resulting in unfavorable prognosis [18][19][20]. This finding in the present study may explain the mechanism of smoker's unfavorable prognosis at least in part.…”

Diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced CT scans in identifying lung adenocarcinomas manifesting as GGNs (ground glass nodules)

“…In assessments of other diseases, many clinicians adjust the CT window to better display disease characteristics. [ 5 , 6 ] In applications such as chest diagnosis, CT window settings, similar to ours, are used to detect pulmonary emboli. [ 7 , 8 ] Such adjustments of CT window settings can also help the enhanced imaging of GGN.…”