Survival of Patients with Stage I Lung Cancer Detected on CT Screening

Claudia I. Henschke; David F. Yankelevitz; Daniel M. Libby; Mark Pasmantier; James P. Smith; Olli S. Miettinen

doi:10.1056/nejmoa060476

Abstract

Annual spiral CT screening can detect lung cancer that is curable.

Keywords

MedicineStage (stratigraphy)Lung cancerLung cancer screeningCancerAsymptomaticSpiral computed tomographySurvival rateConfidence intervalNational Lung Screening TrialRadiologySurgeryInternal medicineComputed tomography

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Year: 2006
Type: article
Volume: 355
Issue: 17
Pages: 1763-1771
Citations: 1686
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                                    Claudia I. Henschke, 
                                
                                    David F. Yankelevitz, 
                                
                                    Daniel M. Libby
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2006). 
                            Survival of Patients with Stage I Lung Cancer Detected on CT Screening. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 355
                            (17)
                            , 1763-1771.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa060476
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa060476