Randomized study on early detection of lung cancer with MSCT in Germany: Study design and results of the first screening round

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1475-1486

  Becker, N ^a   Motsch, E ^a   Gross, M L ^a   Eigentopf, A ^a   Heussel, C P ^b,c   Dienemann, H ^b,c   Schnabel, P A ^c,d   Pilz, L ^d   Eichinger, M ^a,c   Optazaite, D E ^a   Puderbach, M ^a,b   Tremper, J ^a   Delorme, S ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c German Center for Lung Research   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Lung cancer screening; LUSI; Multislice CT; RCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866728837     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: 14321335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-012-1228-9     Document Type: Article

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