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Project Number: | I01CX000512-05A1 |
| Title: | Early detection of lung cancer in Veterans |
| Principal Investigator: | Feng Jiang |
| Location: | Baltimore, MD |
| Congressional District Code: | 7 |
| Research Service: | Clinical Science R&D |
| Project Period: | October 2016 - September 2021 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $96,679 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$1,088,070 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Lung cancer is a smoking-related disease and the No. 1 cancer killer in Veterans. The early detection of lung cancer by CT scan significantly reduces the mortality. CT scan is now recommended for lung cancer screening in smokers. However, CT scan dramatically increases the number of indeterminate pulmonary nodules (PNs) in asymptomatic Veterans, whereas only a small fraction of PNs are lung tumors. Given the large number of referrals to unnecessar... |