Overdiagnosis in Lung Cancer Screening can be Reduced to a Low, Manageable Level via a Multilayered Strategy Involving Perfecting Reporting Systems, Restricting Screening to High-Risk Groups, Developing Better Risk Stratification Models, and Improving Management Algorithms

Affiliations

¹ Thoracic Oncology Program, Earle A Chiles Research Institute, 7400 SW Barnes Rd. A242, Portland, OR 97225-7007; Fariborz Maseeh Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Comment

Eduardo J Mortani Barbosa Jr. Acad Radiol. 2016 Jan.

. 2016 Jan;23(1):113-5.

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2015.09.006. Epub 2015 Oct 26.

¹ Thoracic Oncology Program, Earle A Chiles Research Institute, 7400 SW Barnes Rd. A242, Portland, OR 97225-7007; Fariborz Maseeh Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

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Lung cancer screening overdiagnosis: reports of overdiagnosis in screening for lung cancer are grossly exaggerated.
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Overdiagnosis Detrimental, Resection Consequential, NLST Challengeable.
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