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. 2019 Aug;7(8):655-656.
doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(19)30136-5. Epub 2019 May 7.

Benefits and harms in the National Lung Screening Trial: expected outcomes with a modern management protocol

Hilary A Robbins  1 , Matthew Callister  2 , Peter Sasieni  3 , Samantha L Quaife  4 , Li C Cheung  5 , Paul Brennan  6 , Hormuzd A Katki  5 , Christine D Berg  5 , David Baldwin  7 , Mattias Johansson  6
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Benefits and harms in the National Lung Screening Trial: expected outcomes with a modern management protocol

Hilary A Robbins et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2019 Aug.

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CDB receives consulting fees from Medial EarlySign, LLC and GRAIL, Inc. All other authors report no conflicts of interest.

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Infographic depicting estimated outcomes in the US National Lung Screening Trial under the Lung-RADS nodule management protocol Reproduced with permission from the International Agency for Research on Cancer; full-page infographic available at https://www.iarc.fr/infographics/benefits-and-harms-of-lung-cancer-screening/
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