Implementation of lung cancer screening in the United States: Changing trends based on a survey of society of thoracic radiology members

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages W60-W62

  Eberth, Jan M ^a   Sercy, Erica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early detection of cancer; Health plan implementation; Lung neoplasms; Smoking; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945465096     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000172     Document Type: Review

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