title: Early diagnosis of lung cancer.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Petty
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology