CT screening for lung cancer: not ready for routine practice.
Published
Journal Article
Lung cancer continues to be a major worldwide health problem. Multiple strategies are being explored in an attempt to reduce lung cancer mortality, including a renewed interest in screening. Multiple low-dose spiral computed tomography (CT) trials have been proposed, as proponents predict that small nodules will represent early-stage disease and detecting them will ultimately translate into improvements in outcomes. At this time, however, only prevalence-screening data are available, and it remains to be seen if CT will truly reduce mortality. The appropriate hypothesis-driven studies still must be performed and the results carefully analyzed before CT screening for lung cancer can be accepted as the standard of care.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Patz, EF; Black, WC; Goodman, PC
Published Date
- December 2001
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 221 / 3
Start / End Page
- 587 - 591
PubMed ID
- 11719648
Pubmed Central ID
- 11719648
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0033-8419
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1148/radiol.2213001643
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States