Selection Criteria for Lung-Cancer Screening

C. Tammemägi, Martin; A. Katki, Hormuzd; G. Hocking, William; R. Church, Timothy; E. Caporaso, Neil; A. Kvale, Paul; K. Chaturvedi, Anil; A. Silvestri, Gerard; Riley, Tom; Commins, John; D. Berg, Christine

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1211776

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Selection Criteria for Lung-Cancer Screening

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Feb 20, 2013

Authors:

Martin C. Tammemägi

Hormuzd A. Katki

William G. Hocking

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) used risk factors for lung cancer (e.g., ≥30 pack-years of smoking and <15 years since quitting) as selection criteria for lung-cancer screening. Use of an accurate model that incorporates additional risk factors to select persons for screening ma...

Subject

Medicine

National Lung Screening Trial

Lung cancer screening

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