Development and validation of clinical prediction models to risk stratify patients presenting with small pulmonary nodules: a research protocol

Development and validation of clinical prediction models to risk stratify patients presenting with small pulmonary nodules: a research protocol

Abstract Introduction Lung cancer is a common cancer, with over 1.3 million cases worldwide each year. Early diagnosis using computed tomography (CT) screening has been shown to reduce mortality but also detect non-malignant nodules that require follow-up scanning or alternative methods of investiga...

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Main Authors: Jason L. Oke, Lyndsey C. Pickup, Jérôme Declerck, Matthew E. Callister, David Baldwin, Jennifer Gustafson, Heiko Peschl, Sarim Ather, Maria Tsakok, Alan Exell, Fergus Gleeson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Diagnostic and Prognostic Research
Subjects:
Lung cancer
Pulmonary nodules
Clinical prediction model
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41512-018-0044-3

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