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Editorial
. 2017 Aug;107(8):1248-1250.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303919.

Underuse of Chest Radiography Versus Computed Tomography for Lung Cancer Screening

Samir Soneji  1 , JaeWon Yang  1 , Nichole T Tanner  1 , Rui Dang  1 , Gerard A Silvestri  1 , William Black  1
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Editorial

Underuse of Chest Radiography Versus Computed Tomography for Lung Cancer Screening

Samir Soneji et al. Am J Public Health. 2017 Aug.
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Prevalence of Computed Tomography (CT) Lung Cancer Screening Within the Past Year, Chest X-Ray (CXR) Lung Cancer Screening Within the Past Year, and Intention to Receive CT Lung Cancer Screening Within the Next Year, by Risk of Lung Cancer Among Ever Cigarette Smokers and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Eligibility: 2015 National Health Interview Survey, Cancer Control Supplement, United States Note. 95% confidence intervals shown as vertical lines. An asterisk represents a statistically significant difference between CT screening within the past year and CXR screening within the past year accounting for multiple comparisons.
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