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SUBMITTER: Aberle DR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4307922 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aberle Denise R DR DeMello Sarah S Berg Christine D CD Black William C WC Brewer Brenda B Church Timothy R TR Clingan Kathy L KL Duan Fenghai F Fagerstrom Richard M RM Gareen Ilana F IF Gatsonis Constantine A CA Gierada David S DS Jain Amanda A Jones Gordon C GC Mahon Irene I Marcus Pamela M PM Rathmell Joshua M JM Sicks JoRean J
The New England journal of medicine 20130901 10
<h4>Background</h4>The National Lung Screening Trial was conducted to determine whether three annual screenings (rounds T0, T1, and T2) with low-dose helical computed tomography (CT), as compared with chest radiography, could reduce mortality from lung cancer. We present detailed findings from the first two incidence screenings (rounds T1 and T2).<h4>Methods</h4>We evaluated the rate of adherence of the participants to the screening protocol, the results of screening and downstream diagnostic te ...[more]