Should screening for lung cancer be revisited?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1031-1032

  Deslauriers, Jean ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035384420     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.114932     Document Type: Article

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