The bell tolls for indeterminant lung nodules: computer-aided nodule assessment and risk yield (CANARY) has the wrong tune

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
² Departments of Radiology and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Comment

David O Wilson et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;8(8):E836-7.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.07.85.

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
² Departments of Radiology and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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