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Lung cancer has historically been characterized by late-stage diagnoses and poor prognoses.
Broad implementation of lung cancer screening for individuals at high-risk is an avenue of hope to reduce lung cancer mortality and increase the number of lung cancer survivors. By engaging youth and teaching communities around the world about the importance of early detection of lung cancer through screening, we can greatly increase the number of high-risk adults getting screened for lung cancer. If you are interested in joining ALCSI and helping with its initiatives, contact [email protected]. If you are unsure whether you should get screened for lung cancer, take this quick and free lung cancer eligibility assessment at https://redcap.partners.org/redcap/surveys/?s=3EW9N7FPNXAEKJYK, and share it with family and friends. To learn more about ALCSI or lung cancer screening, please visit www.alcsi.org.
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2. de Koning, H. J., et al. (2020). Reduced Lung-Cancer Mortality with Volume CT Screening in a Randomized Trial. The New England journal of medicine, 382(6), 503–513. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1911793
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