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Early detection of lung cancer in China: The immediate imperative
Author(s) -
Veeraraghavan Srihari,
Ramalingam Suresh S.,
Khuri Fadlo R.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.29601
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , china , intensive care medicine , cancer , tobacco control , lung , cancer prevention , environmental health , oncology , pathology , public health , political science , law
As the burden of lung cancer grows dramatically in China, efforts towards prevention and early detection are urgently needed. Implementation of an effective tobacco‐control policy will have to go hand‐in‐hand with other actions.