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Editorial
. 2018 Feb;6(3):65.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.01.12.

Risk models to select high risk candidates for lung cancer screening

Matthew B Schabath  1   2
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Editorial

Risk models to select high risk candidates for lung cancer screening

Matthew B Schabath. Ann Transl Med. 2018 Feb.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: Dr. Schabath is a Panel Member of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Lung Cancer Screening.

Comment on

  • Participant selection for lung cancer screening by risk modelling (the Pan-Canadian Early Detection of Lung Cancer [PanCan] study): a single-arm, prospective study.
    Tammemagi MC, Schmidt H, Martel S, McWilliams A, Goffin JR, Johnston MR, Nicholas G, Tremblay A, Bhatia R, Liu G, Soghrati K, Yasufuku K, Hwang DM, Laberge F, Gingras M, Pasian S, Couture C, Mayo JR, Nasute Fauerbach PV, Atkar-Khattra S, Peacock SJ, Cressman S, Ionescu D, English JC, Finley RJ, Yee J, Puksa S, Stewart L, Tsai S, Haider E, Boylan C, Cutz JC, Manos D, Xu Z, Goss GD, Seely JM, Amjadi K, Sekhon HS, Burrowes P, MacEachern P, Urbanski S, Sin DD, Tan WC, Leighl NB, Shepherd FA, Evans WK, Tsao MS, Lam S; PanCan Study Team. Tammemagi MC, et al. Lancet Oncol. 2017 Nov;18(11):1523-1531. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30597-1. Epub 2017 Oct 18. Lancet Oncol. 2017. PMID: 29055736

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