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"In the last year, I have operated upon 12 patients whose lung cancer was found with a screening CT scan. All patients had early stage lung cancer with no lymph node involvement. That means that their chances for a cure is at least 80%, compared to the overall cure rate for lung cancer of only 14%."
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"A change of attitude about screening will identify many more patients with lung cancer so a higher cure rate can be expected, compared with the dismal outcome when lung cancer is diagnosed as an incidental finding or on the basis of symptoms, which usually represents advanced and often metastatic stages of disease." Thomas L. Petty, M.D. |
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