Low-dose CT screening can reduce cancer mortality: A meta-analysis.

Xue Tang Guangbo Qu Lingling Wang Wei Wu Yehuan Sun

Published in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2020)

Low-dose CT screening is effective in finding more lung cancer cases and decreasing the deaths from lung cancer. Annual low-dose CT screening may be better than a biennial screening to detect more early-stage lung cancer cases.

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