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Helical computed tomography for lung cancer screening

Mark Elwood, Donald A Campbell and Margaret P De Campo
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3) || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05467.x
Published online: 4 August 2003

Given the controversy over this strategy, Australia should be involved in its evaluation

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  • 1 National Cancer Control Initiative, Melbourne, VIC.
  • 2 Clinical Epidemiology and Health Service Evaluation Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.


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