Screening of lung cancer with low dose spiral CT: Results of a three year pilot study and design of the randomised controlled trial "Italung-CT";Screening della neoplasia polmonare con TC spirale a bassa dose: Risultati di uno studio pilota triennale e disegno dello studio clinico randomizzato "Italung-CT"

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 17-26

  Picozzi, Giulia ^a   Paci, Enrico ^b   Lopes Pegna, Andrea ^c   Bartolucci, Maurizio ^a   Roselli, Giuliana ^d   De Francisci, Agostino ^d   Gabbrielli, Silvia ^d   Masi, Andrea ^d   Perri, Francesco ^c   Rottoli, Maria L ^a   Carozzi, Francesca ^b   Villari, Natale ^a   Mascalchi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UO Radiodiagnostica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Low dose CT; Lung cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCREENING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; RADIATION DOSE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 16244392718     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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