Comparing benefits from many possible computed tomography lung cancer screening programs: extrapolating from the National Lung Screening Trial using comparative modeling.

Comparing benefits from many possible computed tomography lung cancer screening programs: extrapolating from the National Lung Screening Trial using comparative modeling.

The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) demonstrated that in current and former smokers aged 55 to 74 years, with at least 30 pack-years of cigarette smoking history and who had quit smoking no more than 15 years ago, 3 annual computed tomography (CT) screens reduced lung cancer-specific mortality...

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Main Authors: Pamela M McMahon, Rafael Meza, Sylvia K Plevritis, William C Black, C Martin Tammemagi, Ayca Erdogan, Kevin ten Haaf, William Hazelton, Theodore R Holford, Jihyoun Jeon, Lauren Clarke, Chung Yin Kong, Sung Eun Choi, Vidit N Munshi, Summer S Han, Joost van Rosmalen, Paul F Pinsky, Suresh Moolgavkar, Harry J de Koning, Eric J Feuer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4076275?pdf=render

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