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ESR and ERS promote organized lung cancer screening

Experts are convinced that patients will benefit from early diagnosis and screening will significantly reduce the mortality of the #1 cancer worldwide. They advocate that professional and patient organizations raise public awareness.

Article: ESR/ERS statement paper on lung cancer screening

Authors: Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Anne-Marie Baird, Torsten Gerriet Blum, Lorenzo Bonomo, Clementine Bostantzoglou, Otto Burghuber, Blanka Čepická, Alina Comanescu, Sébastien Couraud, Anand Devaraj, Vagn Jespersen, Sergey Morozov, Inbar Nardi Agmon, Nir Peled, Pippa Powell, Helmut Prosch, Sofia Ravara, Janette Rawlinson, Marie-Pierre Revel, Mario Silva, Annemiek Snoeckx, Bram van Ginneken, Jan P. van Meerbeeck, Constantine Vardavas, Oyunbileg von Stackelberg, Mina Gaga & on behalf of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS)