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  1. John Field1,
  2. David Baldwin2,
  3. Kate Brain3,
  4. Anand Devaraj4,
  5. Tim Eisen5,
  6. Stephen W Duffy6,
  7. David M Hansell7,
  8. Keith Kerr8,
  9. Richard Page9,
  10. Mahash Parmar10,
  11. David Weller11,
  12. David Whynes12,
  13. Paula Williamson13
  1. 1Roy Castle Lung Cancer Research Programme, University of Liverpool Cancer Research Centre, London, UK
  2. 2City Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK
  3. 3Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
  4. 4Department of Radiology, St George's Hospital London, London, UK
  5. 5Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  6. 6Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
  7. 7Department of Radiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
  8. 8Department of Pathology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
  9. 9Department of Surgery, Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK
  10. 10Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, University College London, London, UK
  11. 11Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
  12. 12School of Economics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
  13. 13Department of Medical Statistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
  1. Correspondence to Professor John Field, Roy Castle Lung Cancer Research Programme, University of Liverpool Cancer Research Centre, Roy Castle Building, 200 London Road, London L3 9TA, UK; j.k.field{at}liv.ac.uk

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    • Linked article 200762, 200766.

    • Funding National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Ethics approval The UKLS trial has received Ethical Approval

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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