Maximizing the benefit and minimizing the risks of lung cancer screening

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 211-212

  Wood, Douglas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX SURGERY; UNITED STATES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871868361     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e318256c22f     Document Type: Editorial

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