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National Lung Screening Trial: Questions and Answers
(Posted: 09/18/2002, Updated: 10/25/2006) - The NLST, a cancer screening clinical trial, will compare two ways of detecting lung cancer: spiral computed tomography (CT) and standard chest X-ray.

National Lung Screening Trial Reaches Goal of 50,000 Participants
(Posted: 01/27/2004) - The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, in partnership with the American Cancer Society, has enrolled its goal of 50,000 current or former smokers in the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST).

Fifty Thousand Current and Former Smokers Needed for National Lung Screening Trial
(Posted: 09/18/2002) - The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has launched a new study - the National Lung Screening Trial, or NLST - to determine if screening people with either spiral computerized tomography (CT) or chest X-ray before they have symptoms can reduce deaths from lung cancer.

Se necesitan 50 000 fumadores y exfumadores para el Estudio Nacional de Exámenes de Pulmón (NLST)
(Publicación: 09/18/2002) - El Instituto Nacional del Cáncer (NCI) lanzó hoy un nuevo estudio para determinar si el examinar a las personas ya sea con una tomografía computarizada espiral o con una radiografía de pecho antes de que tengan síntomas puede reducir las muertes por cáncer de pulmón.

Searching for a Lung Cancer Screening Test
(Posted: 09/18/2002) - In September 2002, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) launched the largest lung cancer screening study ever undertaken. Find out more about this trial.
Related Material
Prevention and Early Detection Clinical Trials: Opportunities for Primary Care Providers and Their Patients
(Posted: 03/18/2003) - A paper published in the March/April 2003 issue of CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians examines some of the barriers to participation in prevention and early detection trials and provides information about various trials now open for enrollment.
Published Results
Baseline Findings - The Lung Screening Study of the National Cancer Institute
Results from the study done to assess the feasibility of conducting the NLST trial. The results appear in the July 2004 issue of the journal CHEST.
Messages to NLST Participants
November 2006 Letter to Participants
A downloadable PDF document.

Summer 2005 Newsletter to Participants
A downloadable PDF document.
Updates from the Data and Safety Monitoring Board
Letter from the DSMB Chair to NLST Co-Principal Investigators
A downloadable PDF document.