The utility of nodule volume in the context of malignancy prediction for small pulmonary nodules

Chest

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 464-472

  Mehta, Hiren J ^a   Ravenel, James G ^b   Shaftman, Stephanie R ^b   Tanner, Nichole T ^b   Paoletti, Luca ^b   Taylor, Katherine K ^b   Tammemagi, Martin C ^c   Gomez, Mario ^d   Nietert, Paul J ^b   Gould, Michael K ^e   Silvestri, Gerard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Pulmonary and Sleep Center of the Valley   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84896693638     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-0708     Document Type: Article

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