Pleural plaques in lung cancer screening by low-dose computed tomography: prevalence, association with lung cancer and mortality

BACKGROUND: To report the prevalence of pleural plaques in a lung cancer screening trial by low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) and to test the association with incidence of lung cancer and mortality. METHODS: The LDCT of 2303 screenees were retrospectively reviewed with the specific aim of describi...

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Autores principales: Silva, Mario, Sverzellati, Nicola, Colombi, Davide, Milanese, Gianluca, La Vecchia, Carlo, Galeone, Carlotta, Marchianò, Alfonso, Pastorino, Ugo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5702182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29178853
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0506-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5702182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29178853
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0506-3

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