Kessler pointed out in the editorial related to the article by Ma et al that the estimates of lung cancer deaths (LCDs) potentially avertable by lung cancer screening in the United States should be considered in the context of the use of primary prevention, screening, technologies, and therapy. We recently published an article on predictions of LCDs and all-cause deaths in Italy assuming yet-unimplemented tobacco control policies (TCPs) with or without a national lung cancer screening program designed with the same regimen adopted in the National Lung Screening Trial.
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