To Screen or not to Screen: Low Dose Computed Tomography in Comparison to Chest Radiography or Usual Care in Reducing Morbidity and Mortality from Lung Cancer

Lung cancer has the highest mortality rate of all cancers. This paper seeks to address the question: Can the mortality of lung cancer be decreased by screening with low-dose computerized tomography (LDCT) in higher risk patients compared to chest X-rays (CXR) or regular patient care? Currently, CXR...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dajac, Joshua, Kamdar, Jay, Moats, Austin, Nguyen, Brenda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
Materias:
Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4889453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27375974
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.589

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4889453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27375974
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.589

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