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ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2020

Author response to "lack of benefit from low dose computed tomography in screening for lung cancer".

Kai-Lin Huang, Shih-Yuan Wang, Wan-Chen Lu, Ya-Hui Chang, Jian Su, Yen-Ta Lu

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Article in BMC pulmonary medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kai-Lin HuangDepartment of Pharmacy, MacKay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd, Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan.
Shih-Yuan WangDepartment of Pharmacy, MacKay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd, Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan.
Wan-Chen LuDepartment of Pharmacy, MacKay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd, Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan.
Ya-Hui ChangDepartment of Pharmacy, MacKay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd, Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan.
Jian SuDepartment of Chest Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd, Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan. jiansu@mmh.org.tw.
Yen-Ta LuDepartment of Chest Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd, Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan. ytlhl@mmh.org.tw.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We explain to Dr. Benjamin (corresponding author) about why low-dose computed tomography reduce lung cancer mortality without significantly reducing all-cause mortality. We also conduct an up-to-date meta-analysis to evaluate low-dose computed tomography clinical effectiveness compared with usual care of lung cancer screening.

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Early Detection of CancerLung NeoplasmsHumansMass ScreeningTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment OutcomeLDCTLow-dose computed tomographyLung cancer screeningMeta-analysisMortality

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PMID32847562
PMCPMC7450698

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