A clinical model to estimate the pretest probability of lung cancer in patients with solitary pulmonary nodules

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 383-388

  Gould, Michael K ^a   Ananth, Lakshmi ^b   Barnett, Paul G ^b  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coin lesion; Diagnosis; Lung neoplasms; Pulmonary; Receiver operating characteristic curve; Statistical models; Veterans

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 33847167612     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-1261     Document Type: Article

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