Computed tomographic screening for lung cancer: The relationship of disease stage to tumor size

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-325

  Henschke, Claudia I ^a   Yankelevitz, David F ^b   Miettinen, Olli S ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SOLID TUMOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32644460488     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.3.321     Document Type: Article

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