Methods of computed tomography screening and management of lung cancer in Tianjin: design of a popul

• 作 者: Yihui Du Yingru Zhao Grigory S
• 机 构: DepartmentofEpidemiology,DepartmentofRadiology,CenterforMedicalImaging-NorthEastNetherlands,Departme
• 出 处: 癌症生物学与医学:英文版
• 发表日期: 2019年1期
• 关键词: LUNG cancer LUNG NODULES SCREENING COMPUTED tomography China
• 基金项目: a part of NELCIN-B3 project. The NELCIN-B3 project is funded by The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Grant No. PSA_SA_BD_01),Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic

Objective: European lung cancer screening studies using computed tomography(CT) have shown that a management protocol based on measuring lung nodule volume and volume doubling time(VDT) is more specific for early lung cancer detection than a diameter-base