Safely and effectively evaluating computed tomography-detected lung lesions much work to be done

A. Cole Burks*, Michael K. Gould, Gerard Silvestri, Lonny B. Yarmus, Catherine R. Sears, Douglas A. Arenberg, Anne V. Gonzalez, Christopher G. Slatore, Nichole T. Tanner, Anil Vachani, Patrick Nana-Sinkam, Mark M. Fuster, Momen M. Wahidi, Lynn T. Tanoue, M. Patricia Rivera

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1360-1362
Number of pages3
JournalAnnals of the American Thoracic Society
Volume16
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

Funding

Supported by resources from the VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon (C.G.S.), and resources from the VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California (M.M.F.). The Department of Veterans Affairs did not have a role in the conduct of the study; in the collection, management, analysis, or interpretation of data; or in the preparation of the manuscript. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the U.S. government.

Keywords

  • Clinical decision-making
  • Diagnostic screening programs
  • Lung neoplasms
  • Thoracic radiography
  • Unnecessary procedures

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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