Acknowledgements
NELSON, W.
DER
We are grateful to R.J. van Klaveren, M. Oudkerk, W. Mali and H.J. de Koning for initiation, execution and follow-up of the NELSON trial; to C.A. van Iersel and K.A.M. van den Bergh for their contributions to the trial setup; to C.A. van der Aalst for her efforts in data analysis; and to all research assistants, reading radiologists, treating specialists at the (screening) medical centers. We thank the trial participants and the staff from the participating institutes for the logistics and execution of the original screenings. We are thankful to Siemens Healthineers, partner in the NELSON POP public-private partnership project, for providing the AI rad companion chest software for this project as well as manpower for analyzing the CT scans.