Appendix Table 3. Cohort Studies of Lung Cancer Screening with Chest X-ray (CXR)

Study, Year Study Population Intervention Number Malignancies (%) Percent Resectable Survival
Philadelphia Neoplasm Research Project, 195148,49 6,136 men, age 45+ Photofluorograms and questionnaires every 6 mos for 10 yrs

Prevalence:
84 (1.37)
Incidence:
121

35 8% (5 yrs)
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Study, 195351 1,871,374 men and women, all ages Intermittent CXR over 26 yrs (sputum cytology in some) 193 (0.01) 56 44% (5 yrs for resectable tumors) (usual 5-yr survival at that time, 20%)
Veterans Administration Trial, 195850 141,607 men, median age 62.8 CXR and sputum cytology 73 (0.052) 36 17% (32 mos)
South London Cancer Study, 195952 67,400 men, age 45+ CXR every 6 mos 234 (0.35) 56 18% (4 yrs) (usual survival at that time, 9%)

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