Measures of outcome in lung cancer screening: maximising the benefits

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Robert Peter Young et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Oct.

. 2016 Oct;8(10):E1317-E1320.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.10.49.

¹ Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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