Radiation risk of lung cancer screening

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 738-747

  Frank, Luba ^a   Christodoulou, Emmanuel ^a   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; lung cancer; radiation exposure; relative risk; screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LIFESPAN; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LUNG CANCER; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84888385122     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: 10989048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1358615     Document Type: Article

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