The rate of incidental findings in lung cancer screening trials is not negligible

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 529-

  Veronesi, Giulia ^a   Bellomi, Massimo ^a,b   Spaggiari, Lorenzo ^b  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY; THYMOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA;

HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG NEOPLASMS;

EID: 39149122529     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0797-5     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. van de Wiel JC, Wang Y, Xu DM et al; NELSON study group (2007) Neglectable benefit of searching for incidental findings in the Dutch-Belgian lung cancer screening trial (NELSON) using low-dose multidetector CT. Eur Radiol 17:1474-1482
2. Veronesi G, Bellomi M, Veronesi U et al (2007) Role of positron emission tomography scanning in the management of lung nodules detected at baseline computed tomography screening. Ann Thorac Surg 84:959-965; discussion 965-966