Screening for lung cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 755-761

  Ravenel, James G ^a   Costello, Philip ^a   Silvestri, Gerard A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest imaging; CT; Lung cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MONEY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39749182683     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2899     Document Type: Review

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