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. 2025 Jun 17;333(23):2108-2110.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.4017.

Non-Risk-Based Lung Cancer Screening With Low-Dose Computed Tomography

Caichen Li  1 , Bo Cheng  1 , Jianfu Li  1 , Shan Xiong  1 , Wenhai Fu  1 , Yu Jiang  1 , Chujing Zhou  1 , Ran Zhong  1 , Feng Li  1 , Qing Zhang  1 , Hengrui Liang  1 , Wei Wang  1 , Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang  2   3 , Alexandra L Potter  2 , Xiaoqin Du  4 , Qiuxia Qiu  4 , Chunyu Yang  4 , Baoqing Sun  5 , Ying Chen  1 , Junzhe Liu  6 , Bin Xu  7 , Nanshan Zhong  8 , Wenhua Liang  1 , Jianxing He  1 ; LUNG-CARE Project
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Non-Risk-Based Lung Cancer Screening With Low-Dose Computed Tomography

Caichen Li et al. JAMA. .
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Plain language summary

This study assesses non–risk-based low-dose computed tomographic screening to assess lung cancer detection in the general population and evaluate outcomes by risk stratification.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr C.-F. J. Yang reported consulting or advisory roles with AstraZeneca and Genentech; honoraria from AstraZeneca and Genentech; travel support from AstraZeneca; grants from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (R18 HS029430-01) outside the submitted work; and serving on the board of the American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative. Ms Potter reported serving on the board of the American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative. No other disclosures were reported.

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