Is it useful to combine sputum cytology and low-dose spiral computed tomography for early detection of lung cancer in formerly asbestos-exposed power industry workers?

BACKGROUND: Low-dose spiral computed tomography (LDSCT) in comparison to conventional chest X-ray proved to be a highly sensitive method of diagnosing early stage lung cancer. However, centrally located early stage lung tumours remain a diagnostic challenge. We determined the practicability and effi...

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Autores principales: Felten, Michael K, Knoll, Lars, Schikowsky, Christian, Das, Marco, Feldhaus, Christian, Hering, Kurt G, Böcking, Alfred, Kraus, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4002204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24739456
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-9-14

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