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Oncologist

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 610-612

  Henschke, Claudia I ^a   Yankelevitz, David F ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 45749091433     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2008-0051     Document Type: Letter

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