Open AccessCT Screening for Lung Cancer: Alternative Definitions of Positive Test Result Based on the National Lung Screening Trial and International Early Lung Cancer Action Program Databases
Author(s) -
Rowena Yip,
Claudia I. Henschke,
David F. Yankelevitz,
James P. Smith
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.118
H-Index - 295
eISSN - 1527-1315
pISSN - 0033-8419
DOI - 10.1148/radiol.14132950
Subject(s) - medicine , national lung screening trial , lung cancer screening , lung cancer , nodule (geology) , radiology , lung , confidence interval , population , cohort , institutional review board , nuclear medicine , surgery , paleontology , environmental health , biology
To determine the usefulness of alternative nodule size thresholds in a population undergoing computed tomographic (CT) screening for lung cancer and to compare the reported International Early Lung Cancer Action Program ( I-ELCAP International Early Lung Cancer Action Program ) results with the National Lung Screening Trial ( NLST National Lung Screening Trial ) results.