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Review
. 2002 Mar;23(1):49-57, viii.
doi: 10.1016/s0272-5231(03)00059-5.

Computed tomography screening for lung cancer

Claudia I Henschke  1 , David F Yankelevitz, Daniel Libby, Dorothy McCauley, Mark Pasmantier, James P Smith
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Review

Computed tomography screening for lung cancer

Claudia I Henschke et al. Clin Chest Med. 2002 Mar.

Abstract

The development of CT technology reopened the lung cancer screening debate. Computed tomography screening for lung cancer certainly meets all the criteria required for an appropriate screening test. First and perhaps most importantly, the disease for which the screening is being performed should have a significant prevalence in the population being studied and be a significant health risk for those afflicted with it. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women, and one of the most lethal of all cancers.

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