Evolution of lung nodules ≤5 mm detected with low-dose CT in asymptomatic smokers

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 957, 2007, Pages 708-712

  Bellomi, Massimo ^a,b   Veronesi, G ^b   Rampinelli, C ^a   Ferretti, S ^a   De Fiori, E ^b   Maisonneuve, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; INCIDENCE; LUNG COIN LESION; LUNG TUMOR; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 35548995051     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/46019726     Document Type: Article

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