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17670624

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-2
pubmed:abstractText
A best evidence topic in thoracic surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was whether screening an asymptomatic person with a routine chest X-ray would detect lung cancer early and, most importantly, improve that person's disease-free survival from lung cancer. Altogether 136 papers were identified using the search below. Ten papers presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, journal, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results, and study weaknesses of the papers are tabulated. We conclude that despite methodological criticisms and concerns regarding biases inherent to screening studies, there is currently no evidence to support the use of chest X-ray to screen an asymptomatic person for lung cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1569-9285
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
483-7
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Does lung cancer screening with chest X-ray improve disease-free survival?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Centre, Guy's Hospital, St Thomas Street, London, SE1 7EH, UK. ian.hunt@gstt.nhs.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article