Optimizing lung cancer screening: Nodule size, volume doubling time, morphology and evaluation of other diseases

Annals of Translational Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Mohamed Hoesein, Firdaus A A ^a   de Jong, Pim A ^a   Mets, Onno M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85015468810     PISSN: 23055839     EISSN: 23055847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2014.11.18     Document Type: Editorial

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