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Review
. 2015 Aug;22(8):983-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2015.05.006. Epub 2015 Jun 19.

Thinking beyond the treatment effect in screening for lung cancer

Saurabh Jha  1
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Thinking beyond the treatment effect in screening for lung cancer

Saurabh Jha. Acad Radiol. 2015 Aug.

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.

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