Assessment of the Accuracy of Diagnostic Chest CT Scanning. Impact on Lung Cancer Management

International Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-82

  Cangemi, V ^a,b   Volpino, P ^a   Drudi, F M ^a   D'Andrea, N ^a   Cangemi, R ^a   Piat, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest; Computed tomography; Lung neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029890221     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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