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Lung cancer screening in people who have never smoked: lessons from East Asia

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Wayne Gao and colleagues argue that high detection rates and high survival rates in never smokers are less likely to be evidence of screening benefit and more likely to be evidence of its harm—overdiagnosis

Source: BMJ

DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2024-081674

Authors: H Gilbert Welch, Wayne Gao, Fatima G Wilder, So Yeon Kim, Gerard A Silvestri

Institutions: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Taipei Medical University, VA Boston Healthcare System, Seoul National University, Seoul National University Hospital, Medical University of South Carolina

Language: English

Topic: Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4407219403

FWCI: 7.872

Cites: 46

Cited by: 13

Related to: 10