Overdiagnosis in lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Takiguchi, Yuichi ^a   Sekine, Ikuo ^a   Iwasawa, Shunichiro ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW DOSE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84886561523     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3182a476d4     Document Type: Letter

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