Low-dose computed tomography screening for lung cancer: Results of the first screening round

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 433-436

  Horeweg, Nanda ^a   Nackaerts, Kristiaan ^b   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^c   De Koning, Harry J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

early detection of cancer; histology; lung neoplasms; neoplasm staging; predictive value of tests; tomography; x ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPASSION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84886944934     PISSN: 20426305     EISSN: 20426313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/cer.13.57     Document Type: Article

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