Computed tomographic screening for lung cancer: Home run or foul ball?

Stephen J. Swensen; James R. Jett; David E. Midthun; Thomas E. Hartman

doi:10.4065/78.9.1187

Computed tomographic screening for lung cancer: Home run or foul ball?

Stephen J. Swensen, James R. Jett, David E. Midthun, Thomas E. Hartman

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1187-1188
Number of pages	2
Journal	Mayo Clinic proceedings
Volume	78
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4065/78.9.1187
State	Published - Sep 1 2003

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