Spiral computed tomography and lung cancer: Science, the media, and public opinion

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 36, 2007, Pages 5695-5697

  Schnoll, Robert A ^a   Wileyto, E Paul ^a   Hornik, Robert ^b   Schiller, Joan ^c   Lerman, Caryn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC OPINION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37649021613     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.13.5228     Document Type: Note

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