ALERT!

This site is not optimized for Internet Explorer 8 (or older).

Please upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer or use an alternate browser such as Chrome or Firefox.

Projected Outcomes Using Different Nodule Sizes to Define a Positive CT Lung Cancer Screening Examination

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Submitted by

Marcelo Jimenez

Source

Source Name: Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Source URL: http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/106/11/dju284.abstract?etoc

Author(s)

David S. Gierada, Paul Pinsky, Hrudaya Nath, Caroline Chiles, Fenghai Duan and Denise R. Aberle

A reexamination of data from the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) with nodules above the 4mm, has been shown that increasing the nodule size threshold for a positive screen, substantially reduces the false-positive CT screenings rate and increase slightly the lung cancer missed or delayed but without affecting the survival.