When the average applies to no one: Personalized decision making about potential benefits of lung cancer screening

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 571-573

  Bach, Peter B ^a   Gould, Michael K ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84868314511     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-8-201210160-00524     Document Type: Article

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