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Identification of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Lung Cancer Screening Computed Tomographic Scans

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2011

Year

Onno M. Mets, Constantinus F. M. Buckens, Pieter Zanen, Ivana Išgum, Bram van Ginneken, Mathias Prokop, Hester A. Gietema, Jan-Willem J. Lammers, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, Matthijs Oudkerk,
JAMA

Abstract

Among men who are current and former heavy smokers, low-dose inspiratory and expiratory CT scans obtained for lung cancer screening can identify participants with COPD, with a sensitivity of 63% and a specificity of 88%.

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