There is no accepted early screening technique for lung cancer. The PLCO trial will show if chest X-rays, by catching lung cancer when it is still operable, can reduce the death rate from lung cancer.
Christine Berg
It's important that we complete the definitive studies and get scientific information.
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The rate of early cancer detection was better than what we see in the general community. But it remains to be seen if that translates into a mortality benefit. It is too early to make any recommendations regarding chest X-rays as a lung cancer screening tool in the general population.
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The take-home message is to never start smoking, and if you do smoke, to quit.
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There were a lot of false positives on the initial x-rays. If you get a positive result from a chest x-ray, the message is, don't panic.
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