Guidelines for management of small pulmonary nodules detected on CT scans: A statement from the Fleischner Society

Radiology

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 395-400

  MacMahon, Heber ^a   Austin, John H M ^b   Gamsu, Gordon ^c   Herold, Christian J ^d   Jett, James R ^e   Naidich, David P ^f   Patz Jr , Edward F ^g   Swensen, Stephen J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER GROWTH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SMOKING;

COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27144449606     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2372041887     Document Type: Review

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