Open AccessCost-Effectiveness of CT Screening in the National Lung Screening Trial
Author(s) -
William C. Black,
Ilana F. Gareen,
Samir Soneji,
JoRean D. Sicks,
Emmett B. Keeler,
Denise R. Aberle,
Arash Naeim,
Timothy R. Church,
Gerard A. Silvestri,
Jeremy Gorelick,
Constantine Gatsonis
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1312547
Subject(s) - national lung screening trial , lung cancer screening , medical physics , medicine , lung
The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) showed that screening with low-dose computed tomography (CT) as compared with chest radiography reduced lung-cancer mortality. We examined the cost-effectiveness of screening with low-dose CT in the NLST.
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