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Early cancer detection or prevention

Cytisine for Smoking Cessation Within a Lung Cancer Screening Program: Results From the Italian RISP Trial.

BACKGROUND: Tobacco cessation support should be offered to all participants with active tobacco use within lung cancer (LC) screening programs. The cytisine group showed greater reduction in cigarette consumption (23.4% vs.

BACKGROUND: Tobacco cessation support should be offered to all participants with active tobacco use within lung cancer (LC) screening programs. The cytisine group showed greater reduction in cigarette consumption (23.4% vs.

What the study was

Study design
Not specified
Sample size
2173
Category
Early Detection
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer

Why it surfaced

Relevant Early cancer detection study (early cancer detection relevance) meets standard-priority threshold.

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