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ArticleCancer communications (London, England)2026

Effectiveness of Lung Cancer Screening by Sex and Tumor Histology: Extended, Pooled Analysis of the ITALUNG and LUSI Trials, with Comparison to Findings in the NLST.

Rudolf Kaaks, Francisco Omar Cortés-Ibáñez, Stefan Delorme, Erna Motsch, Verena Katzke, Claus-Peter Heussel, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Giulia Picozzi, Giuseppe Gorini, Francesca Maria Carozzi and 4 more

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Article in Cancer communications (London, England), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Rudolf KaaksDivision of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3751-3929
Francisco Omar Cortés-IbáñezDivision of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Stefan DelormeDivision of Radiology (E010), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Erna MotschDivision of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Verena KatzkeDivision of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Claus-Peter HeusselTranslational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.
Hans-Ulrich KauczorTranslational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.
Giulia PicozziClinical Epidemiology Unit, Institute for Cancer Research, Prevention, and Clinical Network (ISPRO), Florence, Italy.
Giuseppe GoriniClinical Epidemiology Unit, Institute for Cancer Research, Prevention, and Clinical Network (ISPRO), Florence, Italy.
Francesca Maria CarozziClinical Epidemiology Unit, Institute for Cancer Research, Prevention, and Clinical Network (ISPRO), Florence, Italy.
Laura CarrozziPulmonary Unit, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Eugenio PaciClinical Epidemiology Unit, Institute for Cancer Research, Prevention, and Clinical Network (ISPRO), Florence, Italy.
Donella PulitiClinical Epidemiology Unit, Institute for Cancer Research, Prevention, and Clinical Network (ISPRO), Florence, Italy.
Mario MascalchiDivision of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.

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Abstract

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PMCPMC12929912

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