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Article: UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center Seeks Thousands of Current and Former Smokers for Landmark Lung Cancer Screening Trial.
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- September 18, 2002
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Byline: UCLA
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Advances in imaging may allow physicians to detect smaller lung cancers than ever before. But does screening for lung cancer before symptoms appear using either conventional X-rays or the latest in imaging technology, such as low-dose spiral computerized tomography (CT), actually reduce lung cancer deaths?
Today, researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center and nationwide are launching the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) to find out.
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