Screening for lung cancer using low dose CT scanning: Results of 2 year follow up

Thorax

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-56

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

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW DOSE CHEST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNING; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SMOKING CESSATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING CESSATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 30844436378     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.037580     Document Type: Article

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