Small pulmonary nodules: Detection at chest CT and outcome

Radiology

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 489-493

  Benjamin, Matthew S ^a   Drucker, Elizabeth A ^a   McLoud, Theresa C ^a   Shepard, Jo Anne O ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung neoplasms; Lung, CT; Lung, nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037293325     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262010556     Document Type: Article

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