European and North American lung cancer screening experience and implications for pulmonary nodule management

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2445-2454

  Nair, Arjun ^a   Hansell, David M ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Helical computed tomography; Lung cancer; Randomized; Screening; Solitary pulmonary nodules

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NORTH AMERICA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 83555166069     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2219-y     Document Type: Article

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