Computed tomography screening for lung cancer: Applicability of an international Protocol in a single-Institution environment

Clinical Lung Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 262-267

  Shaham, Dorith ^a   Breuer, Raphael ^a   Copel, Laurian ^a   Agid, Ronit ^a   Makori, Arnon ^a   Kisselgoff, David ^a   Goitein, Orly ^a   Izhar, Uzi ^a   Berkman, Neville ^a   Heching, Norman ^a   Sosna, Jacob ^a   Bar Ziv, Jacob ^a   Libson, Eugene ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Positron emission tomography; Smoking; Symptom prompted malignancies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 33244483921     PISSN: 15257304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CLC.2006.n.004     Document Type: Article

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