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Overdiagnosis in Low-Dose Computed Tomography Screening for Lung Cancer

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2014

Year

Edward F. Patz, Paul F. Pinsky, Constantine Gatsonis, JoRean D. Sicks, Barnett S. Kramer, Martin C. Tammemägi, Caroline Chiles, William C. Black, Denise R. Aberle
JAMA Internal Medicine

Abstract

More than 18% of all lung cancers detected by LDCT in the NLST seem to be indolent, and overdiagnosis should be considered when describing the risks of LDCT screening for lung cancer.

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