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Surgery for Bronchoalveolar Lung Cancer

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Bronchoalveolar carcinoma (BAC) is a distinct subtype of non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a peripheral well-differentiated neoplasm demonstrating lepidic spread along preexisting alveolar structures. An important histological feature is the preservation of the underlying lung architecture and the absence of invasion into stroma, pleura, or lymphatics of all pure BACs. Lung adenocarcinomas with a BAC component are now more appropriately classified as adenocarcinomas, mixed subtype. Despite the WHO designation as a subtype of adenocarcinoma, BAC has pathological, radiologic, and clinical features that are distinct from those of adenocarcinomas.

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Subrato J. Deb MD

  2. Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA

    Claude Deschamps MD

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Deb, S.J., Deschamps, C. (2007). Surgery for Bronchoalveolar Lung Cancer. In: Ferguson, M.K. (eds) Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-474-8_20

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