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A Randomized Study of Lung Cancer Screening With Spiral CT (The Dante Trial): Three-Year Results
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 06/12/09

Infante M et al. - A small stage-shift in favor of the screening arm was observed, while resection rates, advanced case rates and disease-specific mortality were similar. Lung cancer screening by spiral CT should not be advertised or proposed outside research programs.

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Maurizio Infante, 06/22/09

The DANTE trial was the first randomized trial on early lung cancer detection with spiral CT to be launched. Mid-term follow-up data from the DANTE trial are not a proof that lung cancer screening with spiral CT is ineffective, as focused effect size measures (i.e. mortality rates and trelated confidence intervals) could not be provided at this stage. However, these data should constitute a warning that, if any, the mortality benefit might be smaller than expected, and therefore support current public health policy.

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Lung cancer: a biologically different disease in women?
Women's Health, 10/30/09 Relevance Score: 73%

Oestrogen plus progestin and lung cancer in postmenopausal women (Womens Health Initiative trial): a post-hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial
The Lancet, 10/12/09 Relevance Score: 72%

Haplotype and Cell Proliferation Analyses of Candidate Lung Cancer Susceptibility Genes on Chromosome 15q24-25.1
Cancer Research, 10/06/09 Relevance Score: 71%

Noninvasive detection of lung cancer by analysis of exhaled breath
BMC Cancer, 10/09/09 Relevance Score: 70%

African American lung cancer patients may have different response to new cancer-fighting drugs
EurekAlert, 10/08/09 Relevance Score: 70%