Screening (public health)

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Prediction of the rate of decline in FEV₁ in smokers using quantitative computed tomography

R Yuan, J C Hogg, P D Paré, D D Sin, J C Wong, Y Nakano, A M McWilliams, S Lam, and H O Coxson
Thorax 2009 64: 944 -949; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.112433 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendices ]  

Cystic fibrosis
The spectrum of structural abnormalities on CT scans from patients with CF with severe advanced lung disease

M Loeve, P Th W van Hal, P Robinson, P A de Jong, M H Lequin, W C Hop, T J Williams, G D Nossent, and H A Tiddens
Thorax 2009 64: 876 -882; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.110908 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendix ]  

Editorials
The fruits of our efforts: time for a different view of lung cancer and CT screening

Frank Detterbeck
Thorax 2009; 64: 465-466. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Change in smoking status after low-dose spiral chest CT screening for lung cancer: opportunity for smoking intervention

Matthew M Clark and James R Jett
Thorax 2009; 64: 371-372. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lung cancer
Effect of CT screening on smoking habits at 1-year follow-up in the Danish Lung Cancer Screening Trial (DLCST)

H Ashraf, P Tønnesen, J Holst Pedersen, A Dirksen, H Thorsen, and M Døssing
Thorax 2009 64: 388 -392; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.102475 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
Clinical course and prognosis of never-smokers with severe alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (PiZZ)

H A Tanash, P M Nilsson, J-Å Nilsson, and E Piitulainen
Thorax 2008 63: 1091 -1095; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.095497 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Provide GPs with spirometry, not spirometers

Paul Enright
Thorax 2008; 63: 387-388. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Overdiagnosis in lung cancer: different perspectives, definitions, implications

Peter B Bach
Thorax 2008; 63: 298-300. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review
A critical appraisal of overdiagnosis: estimates of its magnitude and implications for lung cancer screening

J M Reich
Thorax 2008; 63: 377-383. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lung cancer
Autoantibodies in lung cancer: possibilities for early detection and subsequent cure

C J Chapman, A Murray, J E McElveen, U Sahin, U Luxemburger, Ö Türeci, R Wiewrodt, A C Barnes, and J F Robertson
Thorax 2008 63: 228 -233; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2007.083592 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendix ]