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Editorial
. 2019 Mar;8(Suppl 2):S141-S144.
doi: 10.21037/tcr.2018.12.08.

Prospects for cost-effective lung cancer screening using risk calculators

Marianne Weber  1   2 , Annette McWilliams  3 , Karen Canfell  1   2   4
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Editorial

Prospects for cost-effective lung cancer screening using risk calculators

Marianne Weber et al. Transl Cancer Res. 2019 Mar.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: K Canfell is co-PI of an unrelated trial of cervical screening which is funded by the VCS Foundation. The trial has received equipment and a funding contribution from Roche Molecular Diagnostics, which also manufactures assays for genetic testing for access to certain targeted therapies for cancer. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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