Development of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery guidelines for low-dose computed tomography scans to screen for lung cancer in North America: Recommendations of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Task Force for Lung Cancer Screening and Surveillance

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-32

  Jacobson, Francine L ^a   Austin, John H M ^b   Field, John K ^c   Jett, James R ^d   Keshavjee, Shaf ^e   MacMahon, Heber ^f   Mulshine, James L ^g   Munden, Reginald F ^h   Salgia, Ravi ^f   Strauss, Gary M ⁱ   Sugarbaker, David J ^a   Swanson, Scott J ^j   Travis, William D ^k   Jaklitsch, Michael T ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NORTH AMERICA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TELEPHONE; THORAX SURGERY;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862601972     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.05.059     Document Type: Article

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