Radiology
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Multicenter Study
CT Screening for lung cancer: diagnoses resulting from the New York Early Lung Cancer Action Project.
To evaluate prospectively the diagnostic performance of the New York Early Lung Cancer Action Project (NY-ELCAP) regimen in the diagnosis of early lung cancer at baseline and annual repeat computed tomographic (CT) screenings. ⋯ The NY-ELCAP regimen of screening revealed that annual CT screening for lung cancer resulted in identification of a high proportion of patients with early-stage disease.