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. 2019 Sep;16(9):1198-1201.
doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201812-908RL.

Incidental Findings in a Decentralized Lung Cancer Screening Program

Katherine Janssen  1 , Kelsey Schertz  1 , Nathan Rubin  1 , Abbie Begnaud  1
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Incidental Findings in a Decentralized Lung Cancer Screening Program

Katherine Janssen et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 Sep.
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