Can CT Screening Give Rise to a Beneficial Stage Shift in Lung Cancer Patients? Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

OBJECTIVES:To portray the stage characteristics of lung cancers detected in CT screenings, and explore whether there's universal stage superiority over other methods for various pathological types using available data worldwide in a meta-analysis approach. MATERIALS AND METHODS:EMBASE and MEDLI...

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Main Authors: Zixing Wang, Yaoda Hu, Yuyan Wang, Wei Han, Lei Wang, Fang Xue, Xin Sui, Wei Song, Ruihong Shi, Jingmei Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5063401?pdf=render