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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2004 96(12):900-901; doi:10.1093/jnci/96.12.900
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Lung Cancer Screening for All? Not Yet, Panel Says

Kate Travis

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A reanalysis of a large randomized screening trial, the publication of results from five case–control studies, and the emergence of low-dose computed tomography (CT) as a potential screening tool has prompted the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to update its recommendations for lung cancer screening: There is not enough information available from clinical trials and studies to recommend for or against screening for lung cancer in people who do not have symptoms of the disease, the task force concluded.

In 1985 and again in 1996, the task . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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