NLST full form National Lung Screening Trial.

What is National Lung Screening Trial?

The National Lung Screening Trial was a United States-based clinical trial which recruited research participants between 2002 and 2004.[1] It was sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and conducted by the American College of Radiology Imaging Network and the Lung Screening Study Group.[1] The major objective of the trial was to compare the efficacy of low-dose helical computed tomography (CT screening) and standard chest X-ray as methods of lung cancer screening.[2] The primary study ended in 2010, and the initial findings were published in November 2010, with the main results published in 2011 in the New England Journal of Medicine.       

NLST full form National Lung Screening Trial.

What is National Lung Screening Trial?

The National Lung Screening Trial was a United States-based clinical trial which recruited research participants between 2002 and 2004.[1] It was sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and conducted by the American College of Radiology Imaging Network and the Lung Screening Study Group.[1] The major objective of the trial was to compare the efficacy of low-dose helical computed tomography (CT screening) and standard chest X-ray as methods of lung cancer screening.[2] The primary study ended in 2010, and the initial findings were published in November 2010, with the main results published in 2011 in the New England Journal of Medicine.