About the authors

Ricardo Sales dos Santos, MD, PhD

Dr. Sales dos Santos is professor at Manufacturing and Technology Integrated Campus (SENAI-CIMATEC), Salvador, Bahia. He works as a thoracic surgeon at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo. He’s a member of IASLC's Screening & Early Detection Committee, the ILCN Editorial Group, ProAR Foundation, and Propulmão Program.

Bruno Hochhegger, MD

Dr. Hochhegger is a professor of radiology at the University of Florida, Gainsville, and a member of the ILCN Editorial Group.

Luiz Fernando Ferreira Pereira, MD, PhD

Dr. Pereira is the coordinator of the smoking cessation outpatient clinic of the pulmonology service of the Hospital das Clínicas at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG).

Juliana Franceschini, PhD

Dr. Franceschini is a physical therapist and research coordinator at Propulmão Program, and project manager at ProAR Foundation.

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