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Screening high risk populations for lung cancer

BMJ 2022; 376 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o666 (Published 30 March 2022) Cite this as: BMJ 2022;376:o666

Research

Association of computed tomography screening with lung cancer stage shift and survival in the United States

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Re: Screening high risk populations for lung cancer

Dear Editor,
What would the effects of widespread screening on the rate of smoking and also on the incidence of other smoking related cancers be? I also wonder if people would choose going on smoking if there are no nodules on the low dose screening CT.

Competing interests: No competing interests

25 April 2022
fatih tufan
geriatrician
Istanbul Aydin University Florya Medical Park Hospital Department of Geriatrics and Internal Medicine
Istanbul Aydin University Florya Medical Park Hospital Department of Geriatrics and Internal Medicine
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