Does UKLS strategy increase the yield of screen-detected lung cancers? A comparison with ITALUNG

Thorax

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 950-951

  Mascalchi, Mario ^a   Pegna, Andrea Lopes ^b   Carrozzi, Laura ^c   Carozzi, Francesca ^d   Falaschi, Fabio ^c   Picozzi, Giulia ^d   Paci, Eugenio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^d Center for the Study and Prevention of Oncology   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW DOSE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; PROCEDURES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84971554623     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208409     Document Type: Letter

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