Place of Mass Radiography in Relation to Lung Cancer in Men

Ernst Posner, L. A. McDowell, K. W. Cross, G. P. Bardsley, A. G. Evans, J. T. Hutchison, Ralph Posner

BMJ · 1963 · 11 citations · 12 references

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The value of miniature radiography for the detection of " early " or resectable lung cancer is a subject of consider- able and persistent controversy. The problem was viewed optimistically in the earlier days in the United States (Over- holt and Schmidt, 1949; Guiss, 1952; Rigler, O'Loughlin, and Tucker, 1953), but even then few authors shared With the use of chest screening and present treatment methods, it can be the most curable of all internal cancers." In contrast,

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