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Incorporating gender differences in lung cancer screening

Principal Investigator
Name
Kevin ten Haaf
Degrees
Ph.D
Institution
Erasmus MC
Position Title
Assistant Professor
Email
About this CDAS Project
Study
NLST (Learn more about this study)
Project ID
NLST-480
Initial CDAS Request Approval
Feb 4, 2019
Title
Incorporating gender differences in lung cancer screening
Summary
Previous findings from NLST data, as well as the recent NELSON findings indicate that gender differences may exist in lung cancer screening. We aim to use NLST data to update the MISCAN-Lung model to better incorporate gender differences.
Aims

To update the MISCAN-Lung model to better incorporate gender differences in lung cancer screening.

Collaborators

Harry J. de Koning