Low-Dose CT Scan for Lung Cancer Screening: Clinical and Coding Considerations

Chest

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 204-209

  Shieh, Yiwey ^a   Bohnenkamp, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

LDCT scan; lung cancer screening; shared decision making

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOW DOSE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG CANCER; MEDICARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHARED DECISION MAKING; SMOKING CESSATION; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARDS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85022091448     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.03.019     Document Type: Review

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