Research in progress - LungSEARCH: A randomised controlled trial of surveillance for the early detection of lung cancer in a high-risk group

Thorax

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 91-93

  Spiro, Stephen G ^a   Hackshaw, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEALTH SURVEY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BRONCHOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASM STAGING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84958120338     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207433     Document Type: Article

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