Lung Cancer
New lung cancer study results from G. Yau et al described
Published in Cancer Weekly, January 29th, 2008
Current study results from the report, 'Systematic review of baseline low-dose CT lung cancer screening,' have been published. "The purpose of this systematic review was to provide physicians and patients with a synthesis of the available data and an assessment of the operating characteristics associated with baseline LDCT screening for lung cancer. Various databases, meeting abstracts, clinical trials in progress, and major textbooks for relevant data from 1966 to 2006 were searched for relevant studies," researchers in London, Canada report.
"The median value of sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value were 81%, 81%, 8% and...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-01-29)
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