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Data and images are owned by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and subject to IRBs at NCI and at the institutions through which participants were recruited. NLST summary, design, protocols, and results are well-described and publicly available. ; see:
https://biometry.nci.nih.gov/cdas/studies/nlst
ANYONE can access the data and images (with an approved CDAS request); see:
https://biometry.nci.nih.gov/cdas/nlst/studiesrequests/nlstinstructions
> Non-image Data
NLST investigators with approved access to NLST data may acquire copies of data in two different ways:
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