Risk-benefit analysis of X-ray exposure associated with lung cancer screening in the Italung-CT trial

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 421-429

  Mascalchi, Mario ^a   Belli, Giacomo ^b   Zappa, Marco ^c   Picozzi, Giulia ^a   Falchini, Massimo ^a   Della Nave, Riccardo ^a   Allescia, Germana ^a   Masi, Andrea ^b   Pegna, Andrea Lopes ^b   Villari, Natale ^a   Paci, Eugenio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; CT; Lung cancer; MDCT; Radiation exposure; Single detector CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746608885     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0088     Document Type: Article

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