Screening for lung cancer: Is this the way forward?

Respirology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 237-246

  Spiro, Stephen G ^a,b   Navani, Neal ^b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

high risk; low dose computed tomography; noncalcified nodules; overdiagnosis bias; screening; smokers

Indexed keywords

BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84856253250     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.02114.x     Document Type: Review

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