Computed tomography screening for lung cancer

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7588, 2007, Pages 271-

  McMahon, Pamela M ^a   Christiani, David C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; LUNG TUMOR; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847130899     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39090.662963.80     Document Type: Editorial

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