The case for early detection of lung cancer would appear to be simple and logical. Lung
cancer is a common and deadly disease. Surgical resection is the only approach that offers …

CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND AVAILABLE TECHNOL-ogy could change the outcome of
lung cancer. But screening and even case finding in patients at high risk is still not …

lhis issue of the AMERICAN REVIEW OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE contains five papers (1-
5) that report on certain aspects of three very large randomized clinical trials of screening for …

Last year, the Lancet reported on a study concerning a particular, avant-garde regimen of
CT-based screening for lung cancer, showing its great superiority relative to the …

This introduction provides a description of 3 cooperating studies on Screening for Early
Lung Cancer conducted under the auspices of the National Cancer Institute. The next 3 …

Abstract The National Cancer Institute of the United States recently sponsored three large‐
scale, randomized controlled trials of screening for early lung cancer. The trials were …

Abstract Background. The Mayo Lung Project (MLP) reported lung cancer incidence and
mortality in a population offered chest radiographs and sputum cytologic screening …

Background. The Early Lung Cancer Action Project (ELCAP) is designed to evaluate
baseline and annual repeat screening by low-radiation-dose computed tomography (low …

BACKGROUND Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of lung cancer screening consistently
show an excess number of cancer cases and longer survival in screened groups, but no …

In the 1970s, three randomized trials, each involving approximately 10,000 male subjects,
were carried out to detennine the value of lung cancer screening in cigarette smoken. These …