Long-term survival of patients with lung cancer from a defined geographical area before and after radiological screening

Lung Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-30

  Hillerdal, Gunnar ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Mode of discovery; Screening; Surgery; Survival; WHO types

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SWEDEN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030220808     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5002(96)00567-3     Document Type: Article

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