Screening baseline characteristics of early lung cancer on low-dose computed tomography with computer-aided detection in a Chinese population

• Published in: Cancer epidemiology Vol. 62; p. 101567
• Main Authors: Liu, Yuanyuan, Luo, Hongbin, Qing, Haomiao, Wang, Xiaodong, Ren, Jing, Xu, Guohui, Hu, Shibei, He, Changjiu, Zhou, Peng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2019; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Aged; CAD; Cancer; Cancer screening; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - diagnosis; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - epidemiology; China; Clinical medicine; Computed tomography; Early Detection of Cancer - methods; Epidemiology; Female; Guideline; Humans; LDCT; Lung cancer; Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology; Male; Mass Screening - methods; Medical screening; Middle Aged; Mortality; Non-small cell lung carcinoma; Population; Population studies; Small cell lung carcinoma; Smoking; Software; Tobacco smoke; Tomography; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Work stations; China; Beijing China; Guideline; LDCT; Lung cancer; CAD

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