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Evaluation of the lung cancer risks at which to screen ever- and never-smokers: screening rules applied to the PLCO and NLST cohorts by Tammemägi, Martin C, Church, Timothy R, Hocking, William G, Silvestri, Gerard A, Kvale, Paul A, Riley, Thomas L, Commins, John, Berg, Christine D

“…Lung cancer risks at which individuals should be screened with computed tomography (CT) for lung cancer are undecided. This study's objectives are to identify…”
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Selection Criteria for Lung-Cancer Screening by Tammemägi, Martin C, Katki, Hormuzd A, Hocking, William G, Church, Timothy R, Caporaso, Neil, Kvale, Paul A, Chaturvedi, Anil K, Silvestri, Gerard A, Riley, Tom L, Commins, John, Berg, Christine D

“…Low-dose CT scanning reduces lung-cancer mortality. Further improvements are possible if the screened population includes a larger proportion of high-risk…”
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Mortality Results from a Randomized Prostate-Cancer Screening Trial by Andriole, Gerald L, Crawford, E. David, Grubb, Robert L, Buys, Saundra S, Chia, David, Church, Timothy R, Fouad, Mona N, Gelmann, Edward P, Kvale, Paul A, Reding, Douglas J, Weissfeld, Joel L, Yokochi, Lance A, O'Brien, Barbara, Clapp, Jonathan D, Rathmell, Joshua M, Riley, Thomas L, Hayes, Richard B, Kramer, Barnett S, Izmirlian, Grant, Miller, Anthony B, Pinsky, Paul F, Prorok, Philip C, Gohagan, John K, Berg, Christine D

“…In this study involving nearly 77,000 men, investigators analyzed the effect of screening with prostate-specific–antigen testing and digital rectal examination…”
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Lung Cancer Risk Prediction: Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial Models and Validation by Tammemagi, C. Martin, Pinsky, Paul F., Caporaso, Neil E., Kvale, Paul A., Hocking, William G., Church, Timothy R., Riley, Thomas L., Commins, John, Oken, Martin M., Berg, Christine D., Prorok, Philip C.

“…Introduction Identification of individuals at high risk for lung cancer should be of value to individuals, patients, clinicians, and researchers. Existing…”
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Screening by Chest Radiograph and Lung Cancer Mortality: The Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Randomized Trial by Oken, Martin M, Hocking, Willam G, Kvale, Paul A, Andriole, Gerald L, Buys, Saundra S, Church, Timothy R, Crawford, E. David, Fouad, Mona N, Isaacs, Claudine, Reding, Douglas J, Weissfeld, Joel L, Yokochi, Lance A, O’Brien, Barbara, Ragard, Lawrence R, Rathmell, Joshua M, Riley, Thomas L, Wright, Patrick, Caparaso, Neil, Hu, Ping, Izmirlian, Grant, Pinsky, Paul F, Prorok, Philip C, Kramer, Barnett S, Miller, Anthony B, Gohagan, John K, Berg, Christine D, PLCO Project Team, for the

“…CONTEXT The effect on mortality of screening for lung cancer with modern chest radiographs is unknown. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect on mortality of…”
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Prostate Cancer Screening in the Randomized Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial: Mortality Results after 13 Years of Follow-up by Andriole, Gerald L., Crawford, E. David, Grubb, Robert L., Buys, Saundra S., Chia, David, Church, Timothy R., Fouad, Mona N., Isaacs, Claudine, Kvale, Paul A., Reding, Douglas J., Weissfeld, Joel L., Yokochi, Lance A., O'Brien, Barbara, Ragard, Lawrence R., Clapp, Jonathan D., Rathmell, Joshua M., Riley, Thomas L., Hsing, Ann W., Izmirlian, Grant, Pinsky, Paul F., Kramer, Barnett S., Miller, Anthony B., Gohagan, John K., Prorok, Philip C.

“…Background The prostate component of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial was undertaken to determine whether there is a…”
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Quantitative CT Assessment of Emphysema and Airways in Relation to Lung Cancer Risk by GIERADA, David S, GUNIGANTI, Preethi, NEWMAN, Blake J, DRANSFIELD, Mark T, KVALE, Paul A, LYNCH, David A, PILGRAM, Thomas K

“…To determine whether quantitative computed tomographic (CT) measurements of emphysema and airway dimensions are associated with lung cancer risk in a screening…”
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Chronic cough due to lung tumors: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines by Kvale, Paul A

“…GOALS/OBJECTIVES: To review the scientific evidence on cough associated with tumors in the lungs. MEDLINE literature review (through March 2004) for all…”
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Palliative care in lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition) by Kvale, Paul A, Selecky, Paul A, Prakash, Udaya B S

“…GOALS/OBJECTIVES: To review the scientific evidence on symptoms and specific complications that are associated with lung cancer, and the methods available to…”
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Risk of Lung Cancer Associated with COPD Phenotype Based on Quantitative Image Analysis by Schwartz, Ann G, Lusk, Christine M, Wenzlaff, Angela S, Watza, Donovan, Pandolfi, Stephanie, Mantha, Laura, Cote, Michele L, Soubani, Ayman O, Walworth, Garrett, Wozniak, Antoinette, Neslund-Dudas, Christine, Ardisana, Amy A, Flynn, Michael J, Song, Thomas, Spizarny, David L, Kvale, Paul A, Chapman, Robert A, Gadgeel, Shirish M

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a risk factor for lung cancer. This study evaluates alternative measures of COPD based on spirometry and…”
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Prospective study to determine the volume of pleural fluid required to diagnose malignancy by Swiderek, Jennifer, Morcos, Samer, Donthireddy, Vijayalakshmi, Surapaneni, Rajesh, Jackson-Thompson, Vicki, Schultz, Lonni, Kini, Sudha, Kvale, Paul

“…The optimal volume of pleural fluid to diagnose a malignant effusion is unknown. Our study was designed to demonstrate if a minimum pleural fluid volume (10…”
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Diagnosis and management of cough executive summary: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines by Irwin, Richard S, Baumann, Michael H, Bolser, Donald C, Boulet, Louis-Philippe, Braman, Sidney S, Brightling, Christopher E, Brown, Kevin K, Canning, Brendan J, Chang, Anne B, Dicpinigaitis, Peter V, Eccles, Ron, Glomb, W Brendle, Goldstein, Larry B, Graham, LeRoy M, Hargreave, Frederick E, Kvale, Paul A, Lewis, Sandra Zelman, McCool, F Dennis, McCrory, Douglas C, Prakash, Udaya B S, Pratter, Melvin R, Rosen, Mark J, Schulman, Edward, Shannon, John Jay, Hammond, Carol Smith, Tarlo, Susan M

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Lung Cancer Screening in the Randomized Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial by Hocking, William G., Hu, Ping, Oken, Martin M., Winslow, Stephen D., Kvale, Paul A., Prorok, Philip C., Ragard, Lawrence R., Commins, John, Lynch, David A., Andriole, Gerald L., Buys, Saundra S., Fouad, Mona N., Fuhrman, Carl R., Isaacs, Claudine, Yokochi, Lance A., Riley, Thomas L., Pinsky, Paul F., Gohagan, John K., Berg, Christine D.

“…Background The 5-year overall survival rate of lung cancer patients is approximately 15%. Most patients are diagnosed with advanced-stage disease and have…”
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Impact of comorbidity on lung cancer survival by Tammemagi, C. Martin, Neslund‐Dudas, Christine, Simoff, Michael, Kvale, Paul

“…Lung cancer is associated with smoking and age, both of which are associated with comorbidity. We evaluated the impact of comorbidity on lung cancer survival…”
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Evaluation of the causes for racial disparity in surgical treatment of early stage lung cancer by McCann, Jennifer, Artinian, Vasken, Duhaime, Lisa, Lewis, Jr, Joseph W, Kvale, Paul A, DiGiovine, Bruno

“…Black patients undergo surgical treatment for early stage lung cancer less often than whites. We wanted to determine the causes for the racial difference in…”
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Prostate cancer screening in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian cancer screening trial: update on findings from the initial four rounds of screening in a randomized trial by Grubb, Robert L., Pinsky, Paul F., Greenlee, Robert T., Izmirlian, Grant, Miller, Anthony B., Hickey, Thomas P., Riley, Thomas L., Mabie, Jerome E., Levin, David L., Chia, David, Kramer, Barnett S., Reding, Douglas J., Church, Timothy R., Yokochi, Lance A., Kvale, Paul A., Weissfeld, Joel L., Urban, Donald A., Buys, Saundra S., Gelmann, Edward P., Ragard, Lawrence R., Crawford, E. David, Prorok, Philip C., Gohagan, John K., Berg, Christine D., Andriole, Gerald L.

“…OBJECTIVE To describe the results of the first four rounds (T0‐T3) of prostate cancer screening in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) cancer…”
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Predischarge Bundle for Patients With Acute Exacerbations of COPD to Reduce Readmissions and ED Visits by Jennings, Jeffrey H., MD, Thavarajah, Krishna, MD, Mendez, Michael P., MD, FCCP, Eichenhorn, Michael, MD, FCCP, Kvale, Paul, MD, FCCP, Yessayan, Lenar, MD

“…BACKGROUND Hospital readmissions for acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPDs) pose burdens to the health-care system and patients. A current gap in knowledge is…”
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In lung cancer patients, age, race-ethnicity, gender and smoking predict adverse comorbidity, which in turn predicts treatment and survival by Tammemagi, C.Martin, Neslund-Dudas, Christine, Simoff, Michael, Kvale, Paul

“…This study evaluates the relationship between sociodemographic/exposure factors and comorbidity, and their impact on lung cancer treatment and survival. Data…”
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Interval lung cancers not detected on screening chest X-rays: How are they different? by Kvale, Paul A, Johnson, Christine Cole, Tammemägi, Martin, Marcus, Pamela M, Zylak, Carl J, Spizarny, David L, Hocking, William, Oken, Martin, Commins, John, Ragard, Lawrence, Hu, Ping, Berg, Christine, Prorok, Philip

“…Abstract Background The Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial provides us an opportunity to describe interval lung cancers not detected…”
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Diagnostic evaluation following a positive lung screening chest radiograph in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial by Hocking, William G, Tammemagi, Martin C, Commins, John, Oken, Martin M, Kvale, Paul A, Hu, Ping, Ragard, Lawrence R, Riley, Tom L, Pinsky, Paul, Beck, Thomas M, Prorok, Philip C

“…Abstract Lung cancer is the major cause of cancer mortality. One of the aims of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO) was…”
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