Evaluation of the Lung Cancer Risks at Which to Screen Ever- and Never-Smokers: Screening Rules Applied to the PLCO and NLST Cohorts

Lung cancer risks at which individuals should be screened with computed tomography (CT) for lung cancer are undecided. This study's objectives are to identify a risk threshold for selecting individuals for screening, to compare its efficiency with the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF...

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Vydáno v:	PLoS medicine Ročník 11; číslo 12; s. e1001764
Hlavní autoři:	Tammemägi, Martin C., Church, Timothy R., Hocking, William G., Silvestri, Gerard A., Kvale, Paul A., Riley, Thomas L., Commins, John, Berg, Christine D.
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	United States Public Library of Science 01.12.2014 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Témata:	Aged Chemotherapy Cost-Benefit Analysis Efficiency Female Health aspects Humans Lung cancer Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis Male Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data Medical screening Medicine and Health Sciences Methods Middle Aged Mortality Radiation therapy Risk Assessment Risk factors Smoking Smoking - adverse effects Task forces Tomography Tumors
ISSN:	1549-1676, 1549-1277, 1549-1676
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