Funding for this research was provided by:
National Cancer Institute (1U01CA199284-01)
Article History
First Online: 5 August 2020
Declarations
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: This work was supported by the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health (Grant number 1U01CA199284-01) as part of the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modelling Network (CISNET). The funders had no role in the design of the study; the collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data; the writing of the report; or the decision to submit the article for publication.
: HJdK, KtH, and EFB are members of the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) Lung working group (grant 1U01CA199284-01 from the National Cancer Institute). HJdK is the principal investigator of the NELSON trial (Dutch-Belgian Lung Cancer Screening Trial; Nederlands-Leuvens Longkanker Screenings onderzoek) and has received speaker fees for a lung symposium at the University of Zurich/MSD. KtH and EFB are researchers affiliated with the NELSON trial. HJdK and KtH received a grant from the University of Zurich to assess the cost effectiveness of computer tomography (CT) lung cancer screening in Switzerland. HJdK and KtH were involved in the Cancer Care Ontario Health Technology Assessment Study for CT Lung Cancer Screening in Canada. KtH is involved in the SELECT (Selection of Eligible People for Lung Cancer Screening using Electronic Primary Care DaTa) study. KtH was an invited speaker at the 17th, 19<sup>th</sup>, and 20th World Conferences on Lung Cancer and the 5th Russian Society of Clinical Oncology conference, for which travel expenses were paid (in part).
: This systematic review and meta-analysis solely used data available from previously published manuscripts and does not involve human participants so did not require ethics approval.
: Not applicable.
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: The data generated or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: Code used to conduct meta-analyses may be obtained from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.