Characteristics and outcomes of small cell lung cancer patients diagnosed during two lung cancer computed tomographic screening programs in heavy smokers

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 818-822

  Cuffe, Sinead ^a   Moua, Teng ^b   Summerfield, Ruth ^c   Roberts, Heidi ^c   Jett, James ^b   Shepherd, Frances A ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Screening; Small cell lung cancer; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IRINOTECAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79953008247     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31820c2f2e     Document Type: Article

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