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Review
. 2015 May;25(2):121-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2014.11.001. Epub 2015 Jan 28.

Computed tomographic screening for lung cancer: the Mayo Clinic experience

Erin A Gillaspie  1 , Mark S Allen  2
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Computed tomographic screening for lung cancer: the Mayo Clinic experience

Erin A Gillaspie et al. Thorac Surg Clin. 2015 May.

Abstract

The Mayo Clinic has been involved in screening for lung cancer since the lung cancer project in 1971. The Mayo Clinic recently completed a study of more than 1500 patients with low-dose computed tomographic (CT) screening for lung cancer. Results showed that more than 75% of patients in the screening program had a lung nodule but only a small percentage had lung cancer. As others have found, screening with low-dose CT finds patients with lung cancer at an earlier stage and hopefully will increase the cure rate.

Keywords: Low-dose CT; Lung cancer; Prevention; Screening.

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