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Author response to 'lack of benefit from low dose computed tomography in screening for lung cancer'
- Source :
- BMC Pulmonary Medicine, BMC Pulmonary Medicine, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2020.
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Abstract
- The article by Huang K-L et al. Effects of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening on lung cancer contains a conclusion that is not consistent with the data presented. With reference to the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) there are several flaws in the methodology overlooked. Also there is no significant reduction in deaths from all causes following the screening. Therefore any claim that the LDCT screening is superior to usual care is invalid.
- Subjects :
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Lung Neoplasms
Clinical effectiveness
LDCT
Computed tomography
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Lung cancer screening
Correspondence
medicine
Humans
Mass Screening
030212 general & internal medicine
Mortality
Lung cancer
Early Detection of Cancer
lcsh:RC705-779
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Low dose
lcsh:Diseases of the respiratory system
medicine.disease
Meta-analysis
030228 respiratory system
Usual care
Radiology
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Low-dose computed tomography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712466
- Volume :
- 20
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Pulmonary Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....74a0fe729427551177b74b7de9044a14