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SUBMITTER: National Lung Screening Trial Research Team
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3009383 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aberle Denise R DR Berg Christine D CD Black William C WC Church Timothy R TR Fagerstrom Richard M RM Galen Barbara B Gareen Ilana F IF Gatsonis Constantine C Goldin Jonathan J Gohagan John K JK Hillman Bruce B Jaffe Carl C Kramer Barnett S BS Lynch David D Marcus Pamela M PM Schnall Mitchell M Sullivan Daniel C DC Sullivan Dorothy D Zylak Carl J CJ
Radiology 20101102 1
The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) is a randomized multicenter study comparing low-dose helical computed tomography (CT) with chest radiography in the screening of older current and former heavy smokers for early detection of lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Five-year survival rates approach 70% with surgical resection of stage IA disease; however, more than 75% of individuals have incurable locally advanced or metastatic disease, the la ...[more]