CT screening for lung cancer [1]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 743-747

  Gould, Michael K ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER STAGING; PATHOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LUNG TUMOR; MORTALITY; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASM STAGING; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33846982917     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc063309     Document Type: Letter

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