Thinking beyond the treatment effect in screening for lung cancer
- PMID: 26100199
- DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2015.05.006
Thinking beyond the treatment effect in screening for lung cancer
Abstract
In the optimism surrounding screening for lung cancer, the downsides of screening should not be ignored. The article examines the dark side of screening, which is not an unmitigated good.
Keywords: Lung cancer; Lung-RADS; NLST; false positives; lead time bias; overdiagnosis.
Copyright © 2015 AUR. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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