title: Early lung cancer: screening and detection.
abstract: The most significant factor which determines the survival of a patient newly-diagnosed with lung cancer is the stage at which the disease has been diagnosed. Late diagnosis is common. This review focuses upon the possibility of earlier diagnosis using various cytological and radiological imaging techniques such as sputum cytology or cytometry, CT scanning, and fluorescence bronchoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Medicine, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Grafton Way, London, UK. catherine.read@uclh.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Read
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Janes
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spiro
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013183:Sputum / Q000166:cytology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed