Pulmonary/Critical Care

Should We Screen All Smokers for Lung Cancer?

November 15, 2006

Commentary by Deborah Shapiro, M.D.  Attending Physician, Dept. Veterans Affairs

The International Early Lung Cancer Action Program Investigators. Survival of patients with stage I lung cancer detected on CT screening. N Engl J Med 2006;355:1763-1771 

Over the last few weeks there has been major press in the lay media about this lead article in the NEJM from 10/26/06.  This study was designed to diagnose lung cancer at an earlier stage and therefore to decrease mortality…

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