Combined use of positron emission tomography and volume doubling time in lung cancer screening with low-dose CT scanning

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 315-319

  Ashraf, Haseem ^a   Dirksen, A ^a,b   Loft, A ^c   Bertelsen, A K ^c   Bach, K S ^a   Hansen, H ^a   Pedersen, J H ^c   Mortensen, J ^b,c  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 79953008658     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.136747     Document Type: Article

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