CT lung screening appears cost-effective
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 04:30
in Health & Medicine
In 2010 the National Lung Screening Trial showed that screening for cancer with low-dose CT scans could reduce mortality by 20 percent compared to using chest X-rays. But is it cost-effective? A new study's calculations reveal that it is, but that depends on assuming many answers to questions that remain open.