Issues with implementing a high-quality lung cancer screening program

CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 351-363

  Mulshine, James L ^a   D'Amico, Thomas A ^b  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP); American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM); and Ovarian (PLCO) Screening Trial; Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS); chest X ray (CXR); Colorectal; low dose computed tomography (LDCT); Lung; lung cancer screening; National Lung Screening Trial (NLST); Nederlands Leuvens Longkanker Screenings ONderzoek (NELSON) trial; Prostate; US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAID; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING CESSATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84908129426     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: 15424863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/caac.21239     Document Type: Review

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