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Lung cancer screening: New guidelines, new challenges

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Smoking is still the number one preventable cause of death in the U.S.​ and lung cancer is far and away the number one cause of cancer death in the U.S. 

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David Balis, MD
Professor, general internal medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center; Director, Smoking Cessation Clinics, Parkland and UT Southwestern
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