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Overdiagnosis in Low-Dose Computed Tomography Screening for Lung Cancer

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

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Source Name: JAMA Internal Medicine

Source URL: http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1785197

Author(s)

Edward F. Patz Jr; Paul Pinsky; Constantine Gatsonis; JoRean D. Sicks; Barnett S. Kramer; Martin C. Tammemägi; Caroline Chiles; William C. Black; Denise R. Aberle; for the NLST Overdiagnosis Manuscript Writing Team

This study examined the rate of overdiagnosis (detection rate of indolent tumors) of lung cancer in the NLST. They found that 18% of all lung cancers detected were of the indolent type, and nearly 79% of the bronchioalveolar cancers were likely indolent.