The National Lung Screening Trial: Overview and Study Design
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- 1 January 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 258 (1), 243-253
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.10091808
Abstract
The National Lung Screening Trial is a multicenter, randomized controlled trial comparing low-dose helical CT with chest radiography in the screening of current and former heavy smokers for lung ca... 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 he...Keywords
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