Population screening for lung cancer using computed tomography, is there evidence of clinical effectiveness? A systematic review of the literature

Thorax

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-138

  Black, Corri ^a   De Verteuil, Robyn ^a   Walker, Shonagh ^b   Ayres, Jon ^a   Boland, Angela ^c   Bagust, Adrian ^c   Waugh, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEST INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING HABIT; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847074195     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.064659     Document Type: Article

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