Screening for lung cancer using low dose CT scanning

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-241

  MacRedmond, R ^a,b   Logan, P M ^b   Lee, M ^b   Kenny, D ^a   Foley, C ^a   Costello, R W ^b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYST; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LOW DOSE CHEST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC SCANNING; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; URBAN AREA;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 1542719744     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2003.008821     Document Type: Article

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