Lung cancer screening and smoking abstinence: 2 year follow-up data from the Dutch-Belgian randomised controlled lung cancer screening trial
Background Lung cancer screening may provide a new opportunity for attempts to quit among smokers or might delay smoking cessation, but studies to date failed to provide evidence for this. This study investigated the effect of lung cancer screening on smoking abstinence in male smokers participating in the Dutch–Belgian randomised controlled lung cancer screening trial (NELSON trial). Methods In the NELSON trial, 50- to 75-year-old participants at high risk for developing lung cancer were randomised to either lung cancer screening or no screening. Smoking behaviour was evaluated in two random... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | TEXT |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2010 |
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BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
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Schlagwörter: | Lung cancer |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26925361 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://thorax.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/65/7/600 |