Lung cancer screening results: Easily misunderstood

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-15

  Midthun, David E ^a   Swensen, Stephen J ^a   Hartman, Thomas E ^a   Jett, James R ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845943787     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/82.1.14     Document Type: Editorial

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