Can lung cancer screening by computed tomography be effective in areas with endemic histoplasmosis?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 688-693

  Starnes, Sandra L ^a   Reed, Michael F ^a   Meyer, Cris A ^a   Shipley, Ralph T ^a   Jazieh, Abdul Rahman ^a   Pina, Elsira M ^a   Redmond, Kevin ^a   Huffman, Lynn C ^a   Pandalai, Prakash K ^a   Howington, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

chest radiography; computed tomography; CT; CXR; I ELCAP; International Early Lung Cancer Action Project

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OHIO; PNEUMONECTOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 79951773632     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.08.045     Document Type: Article

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