Life-Gained-Based Versus Risk-Based Selection of Smokers for Lung Cancer Screening.

Conclusion: Life-gained-based selection could maximize the benefits of lung cancer screening in the U.S. population by including ever-smokers who have both high lung cancer risk and long life expectancy. Primary Funding Source: Intramural Research Program of the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. PMID: 31634914 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - October 21, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Cheung LC, Berg CD, Castle PE, Katki HA, Chaturvedi AK Tags: Ann Intern Med Source Type: research