Lung cancers missed at low-dose helical CT screening in a general population: Comparison of clinical, histopathologic, and imaging findings

Radiology

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 673-683

  Li, Feng ^a   Sone, Shusuke ^b   Abe, Hiroyuki ^a   MacMahon, Heber ^a   Armato III, Samuel G ^a   Doi, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Azumi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Lung neoplasms, CT; Lung neoplasms, diagnosis; Lung neoplasms, screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036892529     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2253011375     Document Type: Article

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