ReviewBMJ open respiratory research2020
Democratic and ethical problem of lung cancer screening: exclusion of true high-risk populations. Can it be fixed? Yes.
Review in BMJ open respiratory research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Impact of Hypertension on Cancer Stage at Diagnosis Among French Women: The E3N Prospective Cohort.Cancer medicine · 2025Observational
- Prevalent findings on low-dose CT scan lung cancer screening: a French prospective pilot study.European journal of public health · 2025Article
- Ethical Dimensions of Population-Based Lung Cancer Screening in Canada: Key Informant Qualitative Description Study.Public health ethics · 2024Article
- Systematic Review of Lung Cancer Screening: Advancements and Strategies for Implementation.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Screening a population for a potentially deadly disease, the ultimate goal must be to prevent morbidity and mortality from this disease for the whole population. Unlike breast cancer or cervical cancer screening, where all women are screened after a certain age, CT screening for lung cancer has been based on selection of putative high-risk individuals based on age and smoking cut-off values. The type of selection used leaves too many high-risk individuals behind. The solution is to use only validated risk prediction models for selection.
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