Computed tomography screening for lung cancer. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The development of CT technology reopened the lung cancer screening debate. Computed tomography screening for lung cancer certainly meets all the criteria required for an appropriate screening test. First and perhaps most importantly, the disease for which the screening is being performed should have a significant prevalence in the population being studied and be a significant health risk for those afflicted with it. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women, and one of the most lethal of all cancers.

publication date

  • March 1, 2002

Research

keywords

  • Adenocarcinoma
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0036200098

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/s0272-5231(03)00059-5

PubMed ID

  • 11901919

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 23

issue

  • 1