The fruits of our efforts: Time for a different view of lung cancer and CT screening

Thorax

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 465-466

  Detterbeck, Frank ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 67249133015     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.106328     Document Type: Editorial

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