Selecting high-risk individuals for lung cancer screening; the use of risk prediction models vs. simplified eligibility criteria

Rudolf Kaaks^{1

2}, Anika Hüsing^{1

2}, Renée T Fortner^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
² Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.

Editorial

Rudolf Kaaks et al. Ann Transl Med. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;5(20):406.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.07.14.

Rudolf Kaaks^{1

2}, Anika Hüsing^{1

2}, Renée T Fortner^{1

2}

¹ Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
² Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Risk prediction models for selection of lung cancer screening candidates: A retrospective validation study.
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