Oncology 

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  • Mammographic screening and breast cancer mortality

    The 2009 USPSTF (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force) guidelines have reopened the question of mass population mammographic screening, especially after the results of a Swedish study in which 133,000 women with no history of breast cancer were randomized to undergo either screening, once every 2 [...]

  • CT screening in lung cancer

    November 2010 saw the publishing of the results of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST): low-dose CT screening of lung cancer in smokers reduced specific mortality. Approximately 53,000 current and former smokers (aged 55-75, with positive smoking anamnesis) were randomized to receive, for a [...]

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