Development and Validation of Risk Models to Select Ever-Smokers for CT Lung Cancer Screening

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends computed tomography (CT) lung cancer screening for ever-smokers aged 55 to 80 years who have smoked at least 30 pack-years with no more than 15 years since quitting. However, selecting ever-smokers for screening using individualized lung canc...

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Published in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 315; no. 21; p. 2300
Main Authors:	Katki, Hormuzd A, Kovalchik, Stephanie A, Berg, Christine D, Cheung, Li C, Chaturvedi, Anil K
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 07.06.2016
Subjects:	Advisory Committees Age Distribution Aged Area Under Curve Cohort Studies Female Humans Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis Lung Neoplasms - mortality Lung Neoplasms - prevention & control Male Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data Middle Aged Models, Statistical Preventive Health Services Risk Sex Distribution Smoking - adverse effects Smoking - epidemiology Time Factors United States - epidemiology United States
ISSN:	1538-3598, 1538-3598
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