Mortality reduction, overdiagnosis, and the benefit-to-harm ratio of computed tomography screening

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 398-399

  Young, Robert P ^a   Hopkins, Raewyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; CYTOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPUTUM;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; SMOKING; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 84938835307     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201504-0801LE     Document Type: Letter

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