Akinori Hata, Masahiro Yanagawa, Tomo Miyata, Yu Hiraoka, Motohiro Shirae, Keisuke Ninomiya, Shuhei Doi, Kazuki Yamagata, Yuriko Yoshida, Noriko Kikuchi, Ryo Ogawa, Hiroto Hatabu, Noriyuki Tomiyama
PURPOSE: To investigate the relationship between interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs) and mortality in patients with esophageal cancer and the cause of mortality. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective study investigated patients with esophageal cancer from January 2011 to December 2015. ILAs were visually scored on baseline CT using a 3-point scale (0 = non-ILA, 1 = indeterminate for ILA, and 2 = ILA). ILAs were classified into subcategories of non-subpleural, subpleural non-fibrotic, and subpleural fibrotic...
April 25, 2024: Japanese Journal of Radiology