Caution: Screening for lung cancer

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-205

  Midthun, David E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 69949130161     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ers.09.14     Document Type: Editorial

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