Impact on All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality Rates of Coronary Artery Calcifications Detected during Organized, Low-Dose, Computed-Tomography Screening for Lung Cancer: Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis
Although organized, low-dose, computed-tomography (CT) scan lung-cancer screening has been shown to lower all-cause and lung-cancer-specific mortality, the primary cause of death for subjects eligible for such screening remains cardiovascular (CV) mortality. This meta-analysis study was undertaken t...
Main Authors: | Sébastien Gendarme, Helene Goussault, Jean-Baptiste Assié, Cherifa Taleb, Christos Chouaïd, Thierry Landre |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-03-01
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Series: | Cancers |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/7/1553 |
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