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SUBMITTER: Doroudi M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6649695 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Doroudi Maryam M Pinsky Paul F PF Marcus Pamela M PM
JNCI cancer spectrum 20180701 3
The Lung Screening Study was a multicenter controlled feasibility trial that randomly assigned subjects to undergo two rounds of screening with either low-dose spiral computed tomography (LDCT) or chest X-ray (CXR). Long-term follow-up was performed to evaluate any differences in lung-cancer-specific and all-cause mortality between arms. In 2000, subjects were randomly assigned at six screening centers. Linkage with the National Death Index was performed to ascertain long-term mortality for subj ...[more]