Computed tomographic screening for lung cancer: current practice patterns at leading academic medical centers.
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Computed Tomographic Screening for Lung Cancer: Current Practice Patterns at Leading Academic Medical Centers Following thepublicationof theNational LungScreeningTrial (NLST) results,1 several organizations have published clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for lung cancer screening.1-4 These guidelines emphasize the clinical aspects of computed tomographic (CT) screening, such as patient selection criteria,with relatively little attention to technical and logistical considerations. We surveyed leading US academic medical centers (AMCs) to determine current screeningpractices.Wehypothesized that there would be greater uniformity in clinical aspects of screening than in technical and logistical elements.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- JAMA internal medicine
دوره 174 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014