Initial experience with a free, high-volume, low-dose ct lung cancer screening program

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 586-592

  McKee, Brady J ^a   McKee, Andrea B ^a   Flacke, Sebastian ^a   Lamb, Carla R ^a   Hesketh, Paul J ^a   Wald, Christoph ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

low dose chest CT; Lung cancer screening; National Lung Screening Trial; NLST

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LUNG CANCER; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLITICS; RADIATION DOSE; REIMBURSEMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84928096465     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2013.02.015     Document Type: Article

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