Use of CT and chest radiography for lung cancer screening before and after publication of screening guidelines: Intended and unintended uptake

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 439-441

  Huo, Jinhai ^a   Shen, Chan ^a   Volk, Robert J ^a   Shih, Ya Chen Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLICATION; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

AGED; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85015312145     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.9016     Document Type: Letter

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