Detection of early-stage lung cancer: Computeo tomographic scan or chest radiograph?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1053-1057

  Altorki, Nasser ^a   Kent, Michael ^a   Pasmantier, Mark ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035384375     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.112827     Document Type: Article

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