Lung cancer risk and demographic characteristics of current 20-29 pack-year smokers: Implications for screening

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Pinsky, Paul F ^a   Kramer, Barnett S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS CHEST X-RAY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946893817     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djv226     Document Type: Article

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