Ability of low-dose helical CT to distinguish between benign and malignant noncalcified lung nodules

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1028-1034

  Markowitz, Steven B ^a   Miller, Albert ^b   Miller, Jeffrey ^c   Manowitz, Amy ^a   Kieding, Sylvia ^d   Sider, Lee ^c   Morabia, Alfredo ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Cathol Med Ctr Brooklyn Queens   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d United Steelworkers   (United States)

Author keywords

CT scan; Indeterminate nodules; Lung cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; MALE; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247221148     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.05-3014     Document Type: Article

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