Screening with low-dose computed tomography does not improve survival of small cell lung cancer

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 187-193

  Silva, Mario ^a,c   Galeone, Carlotta ^b   Sverzellati, Nicola ^a,c   Marchianò, Alfonso ^c   Calareso, Giuseppina ^c   Sestini, Stefano ^c   Vecchia, Carlo La ^b   Sozzi, Gabriella ^c   Pelosi, Giuseppe ^c   Pastorino, Ugo ^c  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early detection of cancer; Mean survival time; Screening; Small cell lung cancer; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TOBACCO; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; SMOKING; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84958970509     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2015.10.014     Document Type: Article

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