Computed tomographic screening for lung cancer: Current practice patterns at leading academic medical centers

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 286-287

  Boiselle, Phillip M ^a   White, Charles S ^b,c   Ravenel, James G ^d  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893562660     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.12693     Document Type: Letter

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