Semi-automated volumetric analysis in the NELSON trial for lung cancer screening: is there room for diagnostic experience yet?

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¹ Phase I Early Clinical Trials Unit, Oncology Department, Antwerp University Hospital & Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium.

Comment

Giuseppe Bronte et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Nov.

. 2016 Nov;8(11):E1490-E1492.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.11.36.

¹ Phase I Early Clinical Trials Unit, Oncology Department, Antwerp University Hospital & Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium.

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