A practical algorithmic approach to the diagnosis and management of solitary pulmonary nodules: Part 2: Pretest probability and algorithm

Chest

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 840-846

  Patel, Vishal K ^a   Naik, Sagar K ^a   Naidich, David P ^b   Travis, William D ^c   Weingarten, Jeremy A ^a   Lazzaro, Richard ^a   Gutterman, David D ^d   Wentowski, Catherine ^a   Grosu, Horiana B ^a   Raoof, Suhail ^a  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MEDICAL HISTORY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRETEST PROBABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84874968593     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-1487     Document Type: Article

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