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missed lung cancers on low-dose CT in a general population
which identified 83 lung cancers in 17,892 examinations.
Thirty-two (39%) of these lung cancers were missed on 39 CT
scans. The mean size of cancers missed owing to detection error
was 9.8 mm, smaller than that of cancers missed due to interpretation
error, 1.59 cm. 12
Conclusion
An understanding of the usual and more unusual appearances
of lung cancer and its metastatic sites is important in the
accurate detection and staging of lung cancer. Information on
characteristics of missed lung cancer may have the potential to
reduce the number of lung cancers missed by radiologists.
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