Management of lung nodules detected by volume CT scanning [1]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 757-759

  Nair, Viswam S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME; VOLUMETRY; BRONCHOSCOPY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL TIME; AGE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77349083280     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc0912888     Document Type: Letter

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