Commentary: CT screening for lung cancer - Caveat emptor

Oncologist

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-444

  Jett, James R ^a   Midthun, David E ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

CT screening; Early detection; Lung cancer overdiagnosis; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROL GROUP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SMOKING; SOLID TUMOR; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 43549104914     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2008-0027     Document Type: Note

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