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Chest Xray Detect Lung Cancer
Chest Xray Detect Lung Cancer
Chest Xray Detect Lung Cancer
Stephen H Bradley, Sarah Abraham, Matthew EJ Callister, Adam Grice, William T Hamilton,
Rocio Rodriguez Lopez, Bethany Shinkins and Richard D Neal
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Studies assessed as having low risk of bias are indicated in bold. bNumber includes cases that were not eligible, which could not be excluded. cInterpretation of CXR reported as ‘abnormal’ or ‘normal’ but authors did not state which
explore reasons for diagnostic delay in lung
abnormalities were contemporaneously considered to be suspicious for lung cancer at time of reporting CXR. ‘Abnormal’ processed as ‘positive’ for this review. dMedian. e‘Non-specific infiltrates’. Authors did not state if these were
cancer. Of 58 patients who had a chest X-ray
considered positive or negative. fPercentages are >100.0% due to rounding. gAbnormal but no follow-up recommended. CI = confidence interval. CXR = chest X-ray. GI = gastrointestinal. NSCLC = non-small-cell lung carcinoma.
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identified with a recommendation for repeat
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