Comparison of Observed Harms and Expected Mortality Benefit for Persons in the Veterans Health Affairs Lung Cancer Screening Demonstration Project

JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Mar 1;178(3):426-428. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.8170.

Abstract

This study examines how a high false-positive rate in lung cancer screening influences the harm-to-benefit ratio for higher- vs lower-risk patients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Early Detection of Cancer / statistics & numerical data*
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging / methods
  • Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / diagnostic imaging*
  • Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / epidemiology
  • Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / pathology
  • United States
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Veterans / statistics & numerical data*
  • Veterans Health / standards