Assessment of lung cancer mortality reduction after chest X-ray screening in smokers: A population-based cohort study in Varese, Italy

Lung Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-54

  Dominioni, Lorenzo ^a   Poli, Albino ^b   Mantovani, William ^b   Pisani, Salvatore ^c   Rotolo, Nicola ^a   Paolucci, Massimo ^d   Sessa, Fausto ^a   Conti, Valentina ^a   D'Ambrosio, Vincenzo ^d   Paddeu, Antonio ^e   Imperatori, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c Epidemiology Observatory   (Italy)

^d Azienda Ospedaliera S Antonio Abate di Gallarate   (Italy)

^e SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest X ray screening; Cohort study; Lung cancer; Mortality; Population based; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS CHEST X-RAY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84875247997     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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