Lung cancer screening using low-dose CT: The current national landscape

Lung Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 379-384

  Eberth, Jan M ^a   Qiu, Rebecca ^a,e   Adams, Swann A ^a,e   Salloum, Ramzi G ^a,e   Bell, Nathanial ^a,e   Arrington, Amanda K ^b,e   Linder, Suzanne K ^c,e   Munden, Reginald F ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Department of Surgery School of Medicine University of South Carolina ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Early detection of cancer; Geographic information systems; Geographic mapping; Health services accessibility; Lung neoplasms; Smoking; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW DOSE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GEOGRAPHY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIATION DOSE;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RADIATION DOSAGE; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926421259     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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