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Five-Minute Survey Can Help Predict Lung Cancer - Health Pro [Digg]
Five-Minute Survey Can Help Predict Lung Cancer - Health Pro [Digg]
A simple questionnaire can identify patients at high risk for lung cancer, researchers say.In a study that began in 2001 with 1,000 people in Colorado who were seeing their primary care physician for general health issues, patients were asked to complete a five-minute questionnaire that ...
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