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jan 1, 2010 - NCI-Sponsored Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NLST)

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Initial results of the NCI-sponsored Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NLST) show that screening with low-dose helical computerized tomography (CT) reduced lung cancer deaths by about 20% in a large group of current and former heavy smokers.

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jan 1, 2010
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~ 16 years ago