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Resource Use and Guideline Concordance in Evaluation of Pulmonary Nodules for Cancer
Author(s) -
Renda Soylemez Wiener,
Michael K. Gould,
Christopher G. Slatore,
B. Graeme Fincke,
Lisa M. Schwartz,
Steven Woloshin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.561
Subject(s) - medicine , concordance , veterans affairs , lung cancer , guideline , nodule (geology) , retrospective cohort study , solitary pulmonary nodule , cancer , lung cancer screening , radiology , cohort , lung , pathology , paleontology , biology
Pulmonary nodules are common, and more will be found with implementation of lung cancer screening. How potentially malignant pulmonary nodules are evaluated may affect patient outcomes, health care costs, and effectiveness of lung cancer screening programs. Guidelines for evaluating pulmonary nodules for cancer exist, but little is known about how nodules are evaluated in the usual care setting.

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