The Yorkshire Kidney Screening Trial (YKST): protocol for a feasibility study of adding non-contrast abdominal CT scanning to screen for kidney cancer and other abdominal pathology within a trial of community-based CT screening for lung cancer

The Yorkshire Kidney Screening Trial (YKST): protocol for a feasibility study of adding non-contrast abdominal CT scanning to screen for kidney cancer and other abdominal pathology within a trial of community-based CT screening for lung cancer

Introduction Kidney cancer (renal cell cancer (RCC)) is the seventh most common cancer in the UK. As RCC is largely curable if detected at an early stage and most patients have no symptoms, there is international interest in evaluating a screening programme for RCC. The Yorkshire Kidney Screening Tr...

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Main Authors: Richard D Neal, David Hammond, Matthew E J Callister, Stephen J Sharp, Andrew Smith, Matthew Ward, Juliet A Usher-Smith, Sabrina H Rossi, Neil Hancock, Grant D Stewart, Jon Cartledge, Michael Kimuli, Philip A J Crosbie, Evis Sala, Suzanne Rogerson, Sarah W Burge, Tom Wallace, Irene Simmonds, Fiona Farquhar, Angela Godoy, Simon Burbidge, Claire Eckert, Gareth R Iball, Golnessa Masson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022-09-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/9/e063018.full

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