Management of Lung Nodules Detected by Volume CT Scanning
Author(s) -
Rob J. van Klaveren,
Matthijs Oudkerk,
Mathias Prokop,
Ernst T. Scholten,
Kristiaan Nackaerts,
René M. Vernhout,
Carola A. van Iersel,
Karien A.M. van den Bergh,
Susan van ’t Westeinde,
Carlijn van der Aalst,
Erik Thunnissen,
Dong Xu,
Ying Wang,
Yingru Zhao,
Hester A. Gietema,
Bartjan de Hoop,
Harry J.M. Groen,
Geertruida H. de Bock,
Peter M. A. van Ooijen,
Carla Weenink,
Johny Verschakelen,
JanWillem J. Lammers,
Wim Timens,
Dik Willebrand,
Aryan Vink,
Willem P.Th.M. Mali,
Harry J. de Koning
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa0906085
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , lung cancer screening , confidence interval , lung , nuclear medicine , nodule (geology) , radiology , national lung screening trial , paleontology , biology
The use of multidetector computed tomography (CT) in lung-cancer screening trials involving subjects with an increased risk of lung cancer has highlighted the problem for the clinician of deciding on the best course of action when noncalcified pulmonary nodules are detected by CT.
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