Could chest X-ray screening for lung cancer be cost-effective?

Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 2502-2505

  Caro, J Jaime ^a,b,d   Klittich, Wendy S ^a   Strauss, Gary ^c  

^a CARO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest X ray; Cost effectiveness; Lung cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034548756     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20001201)89:11+<2502::aid-cncr32>3.0.co;2-n     Document Type: Conference Paper

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