JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Screening by chest radiograph and lung cancer mortality: the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) randomized trial.
The effect on mortality of screening for lung cancer with modern chest radiographs is unknown. ⋯ Annual screening with chest radiograph did not reduce lung cancer mortality compared with usual care.