The Yorkshire Kidney Screening Trial (YKST): protocol for a feasibility study of adding non-contrast abdominal CT scanning to screen for kidney cancer and other abdominal pathology within a trial of community-based CT screening for lung cancer

IntroductionKidney cancer (renal cell cancer (RCC)) is the seventh most common cancer in the UK. As RCC is largely curable if detected at an early stage and most patients have no symptoms, there is international interest in evaluating a screening programme for RCC. The Yorkshire Kidney Screening Tri...

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Published in:	BMJ open Vol. 12; no. 9; p. e063018
Main Authors:	Usher-Smith, Juliet A, Godoy, Angela, Burge, Sarah W, Burbidge, Simon, Cartledge, Jon, Crosbie, Philip A J, Eckert, Claire, Farquhar, Fiona, Hammond, David, Hancock, Neil, Iball, Gareth R, Kimuli, Michael, Masson, Golnessa, Neal, Richard D, Rogerson, Suzanne, Rossi, Sabrina H, Sala, Evis, Smith, Andrew, Sharp, Stephen J, Simmonds, Irene, Wallace, Tom, Ward, Matthew, Callister, Matthew E J, Stewart, Grant D
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London British Medical Journal Publishing Group 20.09.2022 BMJ Publishing Group LTD BMJ Publishing Group
Series:	Protocol
Subjects:	Abdomen Asymptomatic computed tomography Feasibility studies Kidney cancer kidney tumours Lung cancer Medical imaging Medical screening Pathology Radiation urological tumours Urology United Kingdom > UK United States > US
ISSN:	2044-6055, 2044-6055
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