Lung cancer screening: Will the controversy extend to its cost-effectiveness?

American Journal of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 393-401

  Klittich, Wendy S ^a   Caro, Jaime J ^a,b  

^a CARO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0042357039     PISSN: 11756365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03257166     Document Type: Review

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