Study spotlights efficacy of questionnaire to identify patients ...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Sat, 10/31/2009 - 22:00

(International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) A study featured in the November issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology confirms the success of a simple questionnaire designed to identify patients at high risk of lung cancer.

Initiated in 2001, the current study confirmed 18 cases of cancer of the original 430 patients who qualified as high risk after completing a five-minute questionnaire.

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