Jobst, Bertram J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3343-2526
Weinheimer, Oliver
Buschulte, Torben
Trauth, Mila
Tremper, Jan
Delorme, Stefan
Becker, Nikolaus
Motsch, Erna
Groß, Marie-Luise
Trotter, Anke
Eichinger, Monika
Kauczor, Hans-Ulrich
Wielpütz, Mark O.
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Union (EU FP7 grant 201379)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Dietmar Hopp Stiftung
Article History
Received: 13 June 2018
Revised: 7 October 2018
Accepted: 13 November 2018
First Online: 14 December 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Mark O. Wielpütz.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: The study subjects have been previously reported in J Thorac Oncol. 2015 Jun;10(6):890–6, J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2012 Sep;138(9):1475–86, J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2016 May;142(5):959–68, Eur Radiol. 2018 Feb;28(2):807–815, Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2015 Sep;8(9):777–85, and Eur J Radiol. 2014 Mar;83(3):600–5. 376 participants have been reported in a study investigating effects of smoking cessation on lung density (Eur Radiol. 2018 Feb;28(2):807–815). Up to 49 participants were previously included in a study investigating the potential value of MRI for lung nodule detection (Eur J Radiol. 2014 Mar;83(3):600–5). These studies investigated data or aspects significantly different from the present manuscript.
: • retrospective study• observational• performed at one institution