Evidence for the treatment of patients with pulmonary nodules: When is it lung cancer? ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition)

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Volumn 132, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 94S-107S

  Wahidi, Momen M ^a   Govert, Joseph A ^a   Goudar, Ranjit K ^a   Gould, Michael K ^b,c   McCrory, Douglas C ^a,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT imaging; Diagnosis; Lung cancer; MRI; Prevalence; Solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LUNG COIN LESION; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CLINICAL TRIALS; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34848891566     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1352     Document Type: Article

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