The latest issue of the Journal of American Medical Association contains a detailed study which demonstrated that annual screening with chest radiograph did not reduce lung cancer mortality compared with usual care.
You can access the paper at
http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/306/17/1865.abstract?etoc
It will be very useful to read the editorial on the topic in the same issue of the journal. It can be accessed at:
http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/306/17/1916.full
Any medical x-ray procedure which does not benefit the patient must be considered as unwanted
You can access the paper at
http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/306/17/1865.abstract?etoc
It will be very useful to read the editorial on the topic in the same issue of the journal. It can be accessed at:
http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/306/17/1916.full
Any medical x-ray procedure which does not benefit the patient must be considered as unwanted
